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윤석열 대통령 측이 17일 서울중앙지법의 체포적부심사 기각 결정에 "법원 판단을 존중하나 아쉽게 생각한다"고 밝혔다.
윤 대통령 법률 자문 석동현 변호사는 이날 새벽 페이스북을 통해 "윤 대통령에 대한 체포가 적법 온당한지 가려달란 청구를 했으나 어젯밤 기각됐다"며 이렇게 전했다.
그러면서 "법원 판단을 당연히 존중하지만 공수처에 엄연히 현직 대통령을 헌법·법률을 어기면서까지 내란 혐의로 체포한 것의 불법성뿐만 아닌 여러 부당성·부적함에 대해 법원 공감을 받아내지 못한 점을 아쉽게 생각한다"고 했다.
또 "고위공직자범죄수사처(공수처)가 다음 절차로 서울서부지법에 구속영장을 청구할 게 예상되는데 변호인단이 그 대비에 최선을 다하겠으나 구속영장 심사 단계에서라도 법치주의의 최후 보루 법원에서 이런 점들에 대해 한층 더 신중하고 종합적 고려가 있길 희망한다"고 덧붙였다.
전날 석 변호사는 서울중앙지법에서 열린 체포적부심에 다른 두 변호사와 함께 출석해 공수처의 불법 체포·수사권 없고 법원 관할권을 벗어난 위법 수사 등을 주장했으나 형사32단독 소준섭 판사는 "이 사건 청구는 이유 없다"고 기각했다.
아래는 위 기사를 '구글 번역'으로 번역한 영문 기사의 [전문]입니다. '구글번역'은 이해도 높이기를 위해 노력하고 있습니다. 영문 번역에 오류가 있을 수 있음을 전제로 합니다.<*The following is [the full text] of the English article translated by 'Google Translate'. 'Google Translate' is working hard to improve understanding. It is assumed that there may be errors in the English translation.
President Yoon Seok-yeol's side: "We hope the court will carefully and comprehensively consider the request for an arrest warrant."
Attorney Seok Dong-hyeon: "It is regrettable that the court failed to sympathize with the illegality, as well as the various unfairness and inappropriateness, of arresting the sitting president on charges of sedition in violation of the Constitution and the law."
-kihong Kim reporter
President Yoon Seok-yeol's side stated on the 17th that they "respect the court's decision, but it is regrettable" regarding the Seoul Central District Court's decision to reject the arrest warrant review.
Attorney Seok Dong-hyun, President Yoon's legal advisor, said on Facebook early that morning, "We filed a request to determine whether the arrest of President Yoon was lawful or proper, but it was rejected last night."
He added, "We naturally respect the court's decision, but we regret that we were unable to gain the court's sympathy for the illegality, as well as the various unfairness and inappropriateness, of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) arresting a sitting president on charges of sedition in violation of the Constitution and the law."
He also added, "The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) is expected to request an arrest warrant at the Seoul Western District Court as the next procedure, and the defense team will do its best to prepare for that, but we hope that the court, the last bastion of the rule of law, will be more careful and comprehensive in considering these points, even at the arrest warrant review stage."
The day before, Attorney Seok appeared with two other attorneys at the Seoul Central District Court for the hearing on the legitimacy of arrest and argued that the Public Prosecutor's Office had no authority to make an illegal arrest, that the investigation was beyond the jurisdiction of the court, etc., but Judge So Jun-seop of the 32nd Criminal Division dismissed the case, saying, "The claim in this case is groundless."