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청와대가 13일 윤석열 전 대통령에 대한 내란 특검(특검보 박억수)의 사형 구형에 "사법부가 법·원칙에 따라 국민 눈높이에 부합하는 판결을 내릴 걸로 기대한다"고 전했다.
청와대는 이날 밤 대변인실 명의 공지를 통해 이같이 전했다. 전직 대통령에 대한 사형 구형은 고 전두환 전 대통령 이후 약 30년 만이다.
내란 특검은 이날 밤 서울중앙지법 형사합의25부(재판장 지귀연) 공판에서 "헌정사에서 전례를 찾기 어려운 반국가 세력에 의한 중대 헌법 파괴 사건"이라며 윤 전 대통령에게 법정 최고형인 사형을 구형했다.
윤 전 대통령은 최후 진술에서 "(비상계엄 선포 이유는) 대한민국 독립·국가 계속성·헌법 수호의 막중한 책무를 이행해야 하는 대통령으로서 국가비상사태를 주권자인 국민에 알리고 극복하는 데 함께 나서주십사 호소하고자 했다”고 밝혔다.
또 내란 특검 공소 관련해 “객관적 사실·기본적 법상식에 맞지 않는 망상·소설”이라며 “과거 국회를 해산시키고 국민투표를 밀어붙여 권력 장악을 위한 개헌을 했다면 오늘날 국민 중 이에 응할 사람이 어디 있겠느냐”고 반박했다.
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The Blue House, which has requested the death penalty for former President Yoon Seok-yeol, has stated that it will make a ruling in accordance with law and principles.
Former President Chun Doo-hwan's death sentence, nearly 30 years after his death... Yoon: "I wanted to inform the sovereign people of the national emergency... Objective facts and special prosecutor's indictment are delusions and fictions that do not conform to basic legal principles."
-kihong Kim reporter
On the 13th, the Blue House expressed its disapproval of the special prosecutor's request for the death penalty for former President Yoon Seok-yeol (assistant special prosecutor Park Eok-soo), stating, "We expect the judiciary to render a verdict that is in line with the law and principles and in line with the public's expectations."
The Blue House announced this in a notice issued by the Spokesperson's Office that evening. This marks the first death sentence for a former president in approximately 30 years, since the death of former President Chun Doo-hwan.
The special prosecutor's request for the death penalty for former President Yoon was made at a trial held that evening at the 25th Criminal Division of the Seoul Central District Court (Presiding Judge Ji Gwi-yeon), and demanded the death penalty, the maximum sentence, for Yoon, citing "an unprecedented case of constitutional destruction by anti-state forces."
In his final statement, former President Yoon stated, "As the president, charged with the grave responsibility of protecting the independence, continuity, and constitution of the Republic of Korea, I sought to inform the people of this national emergency and appeal for their cooperation in overcoming it."
He also refuted the special prosecutor's indictment for sedition, saying, "It is a delusion and fiction that does not conform to objective facts and basic legal common sense," and "If the National Assembly had been dissolved in the past and a national referendum had been pushed to amend the Constitution in order to seize power, who among the people today would agree to this?"
