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이재명 대통령이 11일 조국 전 조국혁신당 대표 부부와 윤미향 전 더불어민주당 의원 등이 포함된 8·15 특별사면안을 의결했다.
이 대통령은 이날 오후 용산 대통령실에서 열린 임시 국무회의에서 취임 후 첫 사면권 행사를 통해 대다수 여권 및 일부 야권 정치인과 경제인 등을 특별사면했다.
자녀 입시 비리·청와대 감찰 무마 등 혐의로 실형을 선고받고 수형 생활을 해온 조 전 대표는 이재명 정부 첫 특별사면으로 풀려난다. 조국혁신당에서 사면을 요구해 온 조 전 대표 부인 정경심 씨 역시 사면대상에 포함됐다.
민주당 내 친문 진영 윤건영 의원·백원우·최강욱 전 의원과 전교조 해직 교사 부당 채용 혐의로 유죄가 확정됐던 조희연 전 서울시교육감, 김은경 전 환경부 장관 및 집단 파업을 벌였던 건설노조·화물연대 인사 등도 사면대상에 포함됐다.
야권 경우 홍문종·정찬민 전 의원 등과 경제인은 최신원 전 SK네트웍스 회장·최지성 전 삼성전자 부회장·장충기·박상진 전 삼성전자 사장 등도 사면·복권됐다.
정치인들 특히 대다수 여권 인사들과 일부 야권 인사들이 포함되면서 여야 간 사면 거래 등 이번 특사를 둘러싼 논란이 커지고 있는 가운데 여권 내 친문(친 문재인)계 득세 등 역학구도 변화가 드러나면서 친문의 청구서에 이 대통령이 응한 것이란 평가가 나온다.
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Special pardons granted to a large number of ruling party figures, including Cho Kuk, Jeong Kyung-shim, Yoon Mee-hyang, Yoon Kun-young, Baek Won-woo, and Choi Kang-wook.
Including former lawmakers Yoon Kun-young, Baek Won-woo, and Choi Kang-wook from the pro-Moon faction within the Democratic Party, former Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Superintendent Cho Hee-yeon, who was found guilty of unfair hiring of teachers dismissed from the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union, and former Minister of Environment Kim Eun-kyung.
-kihong Kim reporter
President Lee Jae-myung approved the August 15 special pardon bill on the 11th, including former Cho Kuk, leader of the Cho Kuk Innovation Party, and his wife, and former Democratic Party lawmaker Yoon Mee-hyang.
President Lee, in his first exercise of his pardon power since taking office, granted special pardons to most ruling and some opposition politicians and businesspeople at an extraordinary cabinet meeting held in the presidential office in Yongsan that afternoon.
Former Cho, who had been serving prison sentences for charges including college admissions corruption and the cover-up of a Blue House inspection, will be released in the first special pardon of the Lee Jae-myung administration. Cho's wife, Chung Kyung-sim, who had been demanding a pardon from the Cho Kuk Innovation Party, was also included in the pardon.
Also included in the list of pardons are Democratic Party pro-Moon faction lawmakers Yoon Kun-young, Baek Won-woo, and Choi Kang-wook, former Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education Superintendent Cho Hee-yeon, who was found guilty of unfair hiring of dismissed teachers from the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union, former Environment Minister Kim Eun-kyung, and members of the Construction Workers' Union and Cargo Truckers' Solidarity who staged a collective strike.
Among the opposition, former lawmakers Hong Moon-jong and Jeong Chan-min, along with businessmen like former SK Networks Chairman Choi Shin-won, former Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Choi Gee-sung, and former Samsung Electronics Presidents Jang Choong-ki and Park Sang-jin, were pardoned and reinstated.
With the inclusion of politicians, particularly a majority of ruling party members and some opposition figures, the controversy surrounding this special pardon, including the exchange of pardons between the ruling and opposition parties, is intensifying. With the emergence of shifts in the power dynamics within the ruling party, including the rise of pro-Moon (pro-Moon Jae-in) factions, some are speculating that President Lee responded to the pro-Moon request.
