Opposition mayors call on Moon to pardon ex-presidents
Posted : 2021-04-21 16:53
Updated : 2021-04-21 16:54
President Moon Jae-in speaks with Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, right, and Busan Mayor Park Heong-joon, before their luncheon at Cheong Wa Dae, Wednesday. Yonhap
Moon stresses need for public consensus on releasing jailed former heads of state
By Nam Hyun-woo
President Moon Jae-in said Wednesday that public consensus and national unity should be prioritized when granting presidential pardons to imprisoned former Presidents Park Geun-hye and Lee Myung-bak.
Moon made the remarks following the recommendation of the pardons from Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon and Busan Mayor Park Heong-joon, members of the conservative main opposition People Power Party (PPP), who were elected during the by-elections on April 7.
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ByStacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent Alethia Browning Tanner worked to purchase the freedom of more than 20 of her relatives and neighbors, mostly the family of her older sister Laurana including Laurana herself, her children, and her grandchildren.
In her early years, Alethia Browning Tanner sold vegetables in a produce stall near President’s Square – now known as Lafayette Square – in what is now Northwest Washington, D.C.
According to the D.C. Genealogy Research, Resources, and Records, Tanner bought her freedom in 1810 and later purchased several relatives’ release.
She was the first woman on the Roll of Members of the Union Bethel AME Church (now Metropolitan AME Church on M Street), and Turner owned land and a store at 14th and H Streets, which she left to her nephews – one of whom later sold the property for $100,000.
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