FILE PHOTO: Cho Kuk, leader of Rebuilding Korea Party answers to reporters' question during a campaign rally for for upcoming 22nd parliamentary election, in Seoul, South Korea, April 3, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will grant a presidential pardon to former Justice Minister Cho Kuk, the Ministry of Justice said on Monday, a move that could restore Cho's position as a liberal political leader after he was jailed for academic fraud.
The pardon will reinstate Cho's eligibility to be elected to public office, and may make him a focal point for support by some liberals in a political landscape currently dominated by Lee and the ruling liberal Democratic Party, analysts have said.
