Moon Jae-in, her successor, will reportedly free Park from 22-year sentence after string of ailments while in jail
has been pardoned by her successor, Moon Jae-in, in a special amnesty that could influence voters in a presidential election that is just three months away.and conviction for corruption and abuse of power, after a scandal that exposed webs of double-dealing between political leaders and conglomerates.
She has since been hospitalised three times with chronic shoulder and back pain and has undergone surgery once, the Yonhap news agency said, citing her poor health as a possible factor in Moon’s decision.“I understand that ex-president Park is included on a list of people who are to be granted pardons,” an unnamed official told the Yonhap news agency. Reports said Park would be freed on New Year’s Eve.
Her freedom could have a bearing on the 9 March presidential election, given her influence among conservative voters who are expected to back the candidate for the conservative People Power party. Moon, who can only serve a single term as president due to term limits, lost to Park in the race for the presidential Blue House in 2012. He has not commented publicly on the pardon for his erstwhile nemesis.
Park, the daughter of former South Korean dictator Park Chung-hee, is the country’s first female president, and its first democratically elected leader to be thrown out of office after the constitutional court upheld a parliament vote to impeach her in 2017.
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