 ▲ 12·3 비상계엄 당시 국회에 투입됐던 707특수임무단을 이끄는 김현태 단장(대령)이 6일 오전 서울 종로구 헌법재판소에서 열린 윤석열 대통령 탄핵심판 6차 변론기일에 증인 출석하고 있다. © 뉴시스 |
윤석열 대통령이 6일 헌법재판소 탄핵심판 6차 변론기일에 출석한 가운데 헌재 공개 변론에 나온 건 이번이 네 번째다.
헌재는 이날 오전부터 김현태 특전사 707특수임무단장·곽종근 전 특수전사령관·박춘섭 대통령실 경제수석을 대상으로 윤 대통령 탄핵심판 6차 변론 증인심문을 진행하는 가운데 증언은 김(오전 10시 30분)-곽(오후 2시)-박(오후 3시 30분) 등 순으로 오후까지 차례로 이어진다.
이날 오전 서울 종로구 헌재 대심판정에서 열린 윤 대통령 6차 변론기일 첫 번째 증언에 나선 김 단장은 윤 대통령 측 대리인이 곽 전 사령관으로부터 받은 지시 내용에 대해 묻자 "곽 전 사령관으로부터 국회의원 끌어내란 지시도 받지 않았다"며 "'끌어내라' '국회의원'이란 단어는 없었다"고 했다. 김 단장은 지난 12·3 비상계엄 직후 197명 부대원을 국회에 투입해 현장 지휘를 한 인물이다.
또 "곽 전 특수전사령관으로부터 국회 봉쇄가 아닌 방어 지시를 받았다"며 '증인이 부여받은 '봉쇄' 의미가 출입 금지시키란 게 아닌 방어하란 개념이 맞느냐'는 질문에도 "네, 맞다"고 답했다.
그러면서 '창문을 깨고 국회 본관으로 들어간게 본관 확보하기 위해서라고 말했는데 확보란 게 국회의원 출입 완전히 차단한다 이런 개념은 없지 않나'란 질문에도 "네, 없다"고 답했다.
국회 측 대리인단의 '케이블 타이' 휴대 관련 질문엔 "케이블 타이는 대테러부대기 때문에 (휴대한다)"며 "확보 후 문을 봉쇄하기 위함이지 사람은 전혀 아니다"고 답했다.
이어 "(더불어민주당) 박선원 의원은 여러 매체에 출연해 '모범 장병 격려 골프가 계엄 사전 모의 목적이었다' '윤 대통령이 대통령실로 불러 자주 술을 먹였다'는 등의 다수 가짜뉴스를 퍼뜨렸다"고 말했다.
더불어 "부대 사기가 많이 떨어져 있고 부대원 중 일부는 아직도 단장이 직접 대통령실로 불려갔는지 의구심을 갖고 있다"며 "분명히 말씀드린다. 부대원들은 (계엄 당일) 계획된 훈련 복장 그대로 야간감시장비 포함 장비를 착용하고 총기를 휴대한 채 출동했고 산탄총은 팀 공용화기로 1정씩 할당됐으며 탄은 가져가지 않았고 사용 목적도 전혀 없었다"고 했다.
한편 헌재는 이날 직권으로 조성현 수도방위사령부 제1경비단장을 증인으로 채택하고 오는 13일 오후 5시 증인신문을 한다고 밝힌 가운데 같은 날 조지호 경찰청장·조태용 국정원장 등 증인 신문도 예정돼 있다.
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President Yoon's 6th Constitutional Court Argument, Kim Hyun-tae: "I Never Received Order to Drag Out Members of the National Assembly"
Kim Hyun-tae, 707th Special Mission Group Commander: "Democratic Party Park Seon-won spread many fake news such as 'Golf to encourage model soldiers was a pre-martial law mock-up' and 'President Yoon often called me to the presidential office and made me drink'"
-kihong Kim reporter
This is the fourth time that President Yoon Seok-yeol has appeared in public debate at the Constitutional Court during the 6th impeachment trial.
The Constitutional Court will conduct the 6th impeachment trial witness examination of Kim Hyun-tae, the head of the 707th Special Mission Group of the Special Warfare Command, former Special Warfare Commander Kwak Jong-geun, and Park Chun-seop, the senior secretary for economic affairs at the Blue House, from the morning of that day. The testimony will be given in the order of Kim (10:30 AM), Kwak (2:00 PM), and Park (3:30 PM) until the afternoon.
When asked about the instructions that President Yoon’s representative received from former Commander Kwak, Director Kim, who appeared as the first witness at the 6th trial of President Yoon held at the Constitutional Court in Jongno-gu, Seoul, said, “I did not receive any instructions from former Commander Kwak to drag out the National Assembly member,” and “There were no words such as ‘drag out’ or ‘National Assembly member.’” Chief Kim is the person who deployed 197 troops to the National Assembly right after the martial law on December 3rd and commanded the scene.
He also said, "I received instructions from former Special Warfare Commander Kwak to defend the National Assembly, not block it," and when asked, "Does the 'blockade' given to the witness mean the concept of defense, not prohibiting entry?" he answered, "Yes, that's right."
He also answered, "You said you broke the window and entered the National Assembly main building to secure the main building, but doesn't securing mean completely blocking the entry of National Assembly members?" to the question, "Yes, that's not the case."
When asked about the National Assembly delegation carrying 'cable ties,' he answered, "We carry cable ties because we are anti-terrorism units," and "They are not people at all, but to block the door after securing."
He continued, “(Democratic Party of Korea) Rep. Park Sun-won appeared on several media outlets and spread a number of fake news stories, such as ‘The purpose of the model soldier encouragement golf was a pre-martial law mockup’ and ‘President Yoon often called him to the presidential office and made him drink alcohol.’”
He also said, “The morale of the unit has dropped significantly, and some of the unit members still doubt whether the commander was personally summoned to the presidential office,” and “I will tell you clearly. The unit members went out (on the day of martial law) wearing the same training uniforms as planned, including night surveillance equipment, and carrying firearms. Each team was assigned one shotgun as a team weapon, and no ammunition was taken, and there was no purpose for using it.”
Meanwhile, the Constitutional Court announced that it would accept Jo Seong-hyeon, the head of the 1st Security Brigade of the Capital Defense Command, as a witness and hold a witness examination at 5 p.m. on the 13th, and that witness examinations of Police Commissioner General Cho Ji-ho and National Intelligence Service Director Cho Tae-yong are also scheduled on the same day.
