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South Korean President rules out immediate amnesty for Chun, Roh
SEOUL, Sept 2: South Korean President Kim Young-Sam today ruled out an immediate amnesty for former presidents Chun Doo Hwan and Roh Tae-Woo, who were jailed for mutiny, treason and corruption. a Kim aide said, reports Reuter.
The aide said Kim was responding to a suggestion by Lee Hoi-Chang, candidate of Kim's ruling New Korea Party for presidential elections in December, that the president announce a clemency order for Chun and Roh within two weeks.
The Supreme Court in April upheld a lower appeals court decision last December to commute Chun's death sentence to life in Jail and Roh's 22 and a half 2 year prison term to 17 years for their roles in a 1979 coug and an army massacre in
"President klm believes any amnesty for Chun and Roh requires a public consensus in
advance that such a step is needed," said the aide who asked not to be identified.
The president will probably grant amnesty for them before his term expires but he made It very clear that he had no plan to do so any time soon/ he added.
A spokesman of the ruling party said on Monday that Lee wbuld formally ask Kim in their scheduled meeting on Thursday to grant an amnesty for the two disgraced expresidents.
The move was aimed at promoting "grand unity” among various political and social groups before the December elections, he said.
Political analysts said Kim's response underscored a lack of communication between the president and Lee. who was trying to boost his chances In December elections by appealing to conservatives.
Lee's popularity has plunged since opposition parties alleged
late in July that his two sons deliberately lost weight to avoid mandatory 30-month military service.
Lee has acknowledged the sons were exempted from the service because they were underweight, but he denied they took steps to lose weight.
Lee, a former Supreme Court Judge, had been widely tipped to win in the elections but recent popularity polls have shown him lagging behind Kim Dae-Jung. candidate for the main opposition National Congress for New Politics.
The former presidents were found guilty last year of staging a coup that thrust then-army General'Chun into power and leading an army massacre in the southwestern city of Kwangju that crushed democratic opposition.
They were also convicted In their "trial of the century" of amassing hundreds of millions of dollars in slush funds from businessmen while In office.