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윤석열 대통령 법률대리인단이 25일 전날에 이은 법원의 윤 대통령 구속연장 신청 재불허에 "즉각 대통령을 석방하라"고 거듭 촉구했다. 법원은 전날에 이어 이날 밤 검찰의 윤 대통령 구속연장 재신청건도 기각했다.
법률대리인단은 이날 밤 입장문을 내고 "지금 검찰이 할 일은 공수처 내란죄·군사기밀보호법위반 등 불법행위를 조속히 수사 착수해 수사하는 것"이라며 이같이 밝혔다.
그러면서 "야당 하명수사기관으로 전락한 공수처는 헌법기관 대통령을 대상으로 적법절차를 무시하고 수많은 불법 수사를 자행했다"며 "공수처·경찰·법원이 거대 야당 지휘 하에 내란 몰이에 나선 건 실질적 내란 행위"라고 강조했다.
또 "공수처 수사 자체가 불법이고 원천 무효"라며 "공수처는 수사할 수 없는 대통령의 직권남용죄 수사를 발판으로 수사권 없는 내란죄 수사를 정당화 했다"고 비판했다.
이어 "공수처의 위법 ·미진한 수사 게다가 그마저도 검토할 시간이 없었음에도 불구 검찰이 구속기소란 무리한 결정을 한다면 수사 과정에서의 온갖 위법으로 증거능력이 모두 상실될 것이며 공소유지 자체가 어려울 것"이라며 "검찰이 이러한 점까지 무시하고 기소를 강행한다면 그 이후 벌어질 모든 사태 책임 또한 공수처와 함께 지게 될 것임을 명심해야 한다"고 지적했다.
더불어 "공수처는 기관 위상에만 골몰하여 불법 체포 영장을 발부받아 위법 수사를 해왔고 구속 영장 발부 이후에도 강제구인·접견제한 등 온갖 불법행위를 자행해왔다"며 "검찰이 이러한 공수처 불법행위에 눈감고 방관하는 건 검찰 본령인 인권옹호기관으로서의 책무를 방기하는 행위"라고 했다.
서울중앙지법(당직법관 최민혜 형사26단독 판사)은 이날 새벽 2시께 검찰이 재신청한 구속연장건을 19시간여만에 기각한 가운데 "공수처법에 검찰 보완수사권 규정이 없다"는 사유다. 전날 서울중앙지법(김석범 영장전담 부장판사) 1차 기각사유와도 같다.
이에 따라 검찰 비상계엄 특별수사본부(본부장 박세현 서울고검장)는 윤 대통령을 곧바로 이르면 26일 기소여부를 결정할 전망인 가운데 1차 구속기간 시한이 오는 27일이기 때문이다. 법원의 구속연장 신청 불허로 검찰이 구속기간 종료 전 기소않을 시 윤 대통령은 석방된다.
검찰이 구속기소할 경우 윤 대통령 측 대응은 두 방향으로 모아진다. 먼저 법원에 구속적부심 신청 후 받아들여지면 석방돼 불구속 상태에서 재판을 받게 된다. 하지만 기각될 시 재차 보석신청에 나설 가능성을 배제할 수 없는 가운데 향후 추이가 주목된다.
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President Yoon's side urges "immediate release of the president" after court rejects extension of detention
Seoul Central District Court also rejects the prosecution's request for an extension of detention. Legal representative group: "The prosecution, police, and court, under the command of the giant opposition party, are actually acts of rebellion, and the prosecution investigation itself is illegal and invalid."
-kihong Kim reporter
President Yoon Seok-yeol's legal team repeatedly urged the court to "immediately release the president" on the 25th, following the court's previous rejection of President Yoon's request for an extension of his detention. Following the previous day, the court also rejected the prosecution's request for an extension of his detention that night.
The legal representation team released a statement that night, saying, "What the prosecution needs to do now is to quickly begin investigating illegal acts such as the Public Prosecutor's Office's sedition and violation of the Military Secrets Protection Act."
They emphasized, "The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), which has been reduced to an investigation agency under the orders of the opposition party, has ignored due process and conducted numerous illegal investigations targeting the president, a constitutional institution," and "The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), the police, and the courts have engaged in a search for sedition under the command of the massive opposition party, which is in fact an act of sedition."
They also criticized, saying, "The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) itself is illegal and fundamentally invalid," and "The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) has justified its investigation of sedition, which it does not have the authority to investigate, by using the investigation of the president's abuse of power, which it cannot investigate, as a springboard."
He continued, “If the prosecution makes an unreasonable decision to indict and detain despite the illegal and inadequate investigation of the Public Prosecutor’s Office and the fact that there was no time to review it, the evidentiary value will be lost due to all the illegalities in the investigation process, and it will be difficult to maintain the indictment itself.” He pointed out, “If the prosecution ignores these points and pushes ahead with the indictment, they will also have to bear responsibility for all the subsequent events along with the Public Prosecutor’s Office.”
He also said, “The Public Prosecutor’s Office has been obsessed with its status as an organization, has been issuing illegal arrest warrants and conducting illegal investigations, and has committed all sorts of illegal acts, such as forced arrests and restrictions on visits, even after the arrest warrants were issued.” He added, “The prosecution’s turning a blind eye to these illegal acts by the Public Prosecutor’s Office and turning a blind eye to them is an act of neglecting its duty as a human rights advocacy organization, which is its core role as a prosecution.”
The Seoul Central District Court (Judge on Duty Choi Min-hye, Criminal Division 26) rejected the prosecution's request for an extension of detention after 19 hours at around 2:00 AM on this day, citing the reason that "there is no provision for the prosecution's supplementary investigation authority in the Public Prosecutor's Office Act." This is the same reason as the first rejection by the Seoul Central District Court (Judge Kim Seok-beom, in charge of warrants) the day before.
Accordingly, the prosecution's Special Investigation Headquarters for Martial Law (Head of Headquarters Park Se-hyun, Seoul High Prosecutors' Office) is expected to decide whether to indict President Yoon as soon as the 26th, as the first detention period deadline is the 27th. If the prosecution does not indict before the end of the detention period due to the court's rejection of the request for an extension of detention, President Yoon will be released.
If the prosecution indicts him for detention, President Yoon's response will be focused on two directions. First, he will apply to the court for a review of the legality of detention, and if it is accepted, he will be released and face trial without detention. However, if it is rejected, it is possible that he will apply for bail again, and attention is focused on future developments.
