 ▲ 24일 오전 청와대에서 열린 제11회 국무회의 © 뉴시스 |
공소청법·중수청법 등 법률공포안 31건과 대통령안 10건·일반안건 4건 등이 24일 제11회 국무회의에서 심의·의결됐다.
이에 따라 검찰청이 오는 10월 2일 없어지는 대신 기소·중대범죄 수사를 각각 따로 맡는 새 형사사법 기구가 설립된다.
공소청은 수사·기소 분리 원칙에 따라 수사 기능을 상실하며 공소 제기·유지 기능만 전담하는 가운데 공소청·광역공소청·지방공소청 3단 체계로 운영된다.
기존 검찰의 특별사법경찰관리에 대한 지휘·감독권이 폐지되면서 '권한남용 금지' 조항이 신설된 가운데 검사 징계 사유에 '파면'을 명시해 별도 탄핵 절차 없이 검사를 파면할 수 있다.
중수청은 행정안전부 장관 소속으로 설치돼 부패·경제·방위산업·마약·내란·외환·사이버 범죄 등 6대 범죄를 수사하는 가운데 법왜곡죄·공소청·경찰·고위공직자범죄수사처(공수처)·법원 공무원이 재직 중 저지른 범죄도 수사 대상에 포함된다.
또 '4세, 7세 고시'로 불리는 유아 학원 '레벨테스트'를 전면 금지하는 학원 설립·운영 및 과외교습에 관한 법률(학원법) 개정안이 의결된 가운데 학원설립·운영자 등이 유아 대상으로 모집·수준별 배정 목적으로 시험·평가를 실시하지 못하며 위반 시 영업정지 처분·과태료 부과가 이뤄진다. 개정안 경우 법률안 공포 후 6개월 후인 오는 9월께 시행된다.
관세청에 마약 밀반입 차단·외화 밀반출 단속을 위한 인력 450명 등을 증원하는 내용의 관세청과 그 소속기관 직제 개정안과 금융위원회에 자본시장 불공정 거래 근절을 위한 인력 14명을 늘리는 내용의 금융위원회와 그 소속기관 직제 개정안 등도 이날 심의됐다.
일반 안건 중 한·EU(유럽연합) 간 디지털통상협정안도 이날 의결된 가운데 지난 2011년 발효된 한·EU FTA(자유무역협정) 전자상거래 규범을 대체해 전자상거래 원활화·온라인 소비자 보호·사이버 보안 등 전자적 방식 교역에 대한 무역 규범 정립 및 디지털 통상 분야 협력 기반을 강화하는 내용이다.
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Prosecutors' Office to be Abolished on October 2, New Indictment Agency and Serious Crimes Investigation Agency to be Established... Cabinet Approved
The Serious Crimes Investigation Agency, established under the Minister of the Interior and Safety, investigates six major crimes including corruption, economic crimes, defense industry crimes, narcotics crimes, insurrection, foreign exchange crimes, and cyber crimes. Crimes committed while in office, including those involving distortion of the law, the Prosecution Service, police officers, the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), and court officials, are also subject to investigation.
-kihong Kim reporter
Thirty-one bills for promulgation, including the Public Prosecution Service Act and the Serious Crimes Investigation Agency Act, along with 10 presidential bills and 4 general agenda items, were deliberated and approved at the 11th Cabinet meeting on the 24th.
Accordingly, the Public Prosecutors Office will be abolished on October 2, and a new criminal justice body will be established to handle indictment and the investigation of serious crimes separately.
In accordance with the principle of separation of investigation and indictment, the Public Prosecution Service will lose its investigative function and exclusively handle the filing and maintenance of indictments; it will operate under a three-tiered system consisting of the Public Prosecution Service, Metropolitan Public Prosecution Service, and Local Public Prosecution Service.
With the abolition of the existing prosecution's authority to command and supervise special judicial police officers and the introduction of a new clause prohibiting "abuse of authority," "dismissal" has been explicitly listed as a ground for disciplinary action against prosecutors, allowing for their dismissal without a separate impeachment procedure. The Serious Crimes Investigation Agency (SCA), established under the jurisdiction of the Minister of the Interior and Safety, investigates six major crimes: corruption, economic crimes, defense industry crimes, narcotics crimes, insurrection, foreign exchange crimes, and cyber crimes. Its scope of investigation also includes crimes committed during the tenure of officials, such as those involved in perjury, the Prosecution Service, the police, the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), and the courts.
Additionally, an amendment to the Act on the Establishment and Operation of Private Educational Institutions and Private Tutoring (Private Educational Institutions Act) has been passed to completely ban "level tests" conducted by private education academies for young children—often referred to as "4-year-old and 7-year-old exams." Under the amendment, founders and operators of private academies are prohibited from conducting tests or evaluations for the purpose of recruitment or level-based placement targeting young children, and violations will result in business suspension or the imposition of administrative fines. The amendment is set to take effect around this coming September, six months after the bill is promulgated.
On this day, amendments to the organizational structure of the Korea Customs Service and its affiliated agencies were also deliberated, including a provision to increase personnel by 450 to block drug smuggling and crack down on the illegal outflow of foreign currency, as well as an amendment to the organizational structure of the Financial Services Commission and its affiliated agencies to increase personnel by 14 to eradicate unfair trading in the capital market.
Among the general agenda items, the Korea-EU Digital Trade Agreement was also approved on this day. It replaces the e-commerce norms of the Korea-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that came into effect in 2011 and aims to establish trade norms for trade via electronic means—such as facilitating e-commerce, protecting online consumers, and cybersecurity—and strengthen the foundation for cooperation in the digital trade sector.
