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윤호중 "임은정, 직위 이용한 정치행동 아닌지 감찰 지시"
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윤호중 "임은정, 직위 이용한 정치행동 아닌지 감찰 지시"

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윤호중 행정안전부 장관은 임은정 광주지방중대범죄수사청장에 대한 감찰 지시 배경으로 직위를 이용한 정치 행동 여부 확인과 과거 검찰의 잘못된 관행이 중수청으로 이어지는 것을 우려한다고 밝혔다.

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윤호중 장관은 전날 자신의 SNS에 임은정 중수청장을 비판하는 글을 올린 후 감찰을 지시했으며, 임 청장은 과거 검찰 시절부터 중수청 관련 사안에 대해 지속적으로 의견을 밝혀왔다.

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"검찰 때 충분히 의견 피력…중수청서 거듭 발언하는 건 문제"

"검찰의 잘못된 관행 중수청까지 가져오는 것 용납 못 해"

(서울=연합뉴스) 차민지 홍준석 기자 = 윤호중 행정안전부 장관은 12일 임은정 광주지방중대범죄수사청장에 대한 감찰 지시와 관련해 "직위를 이용한 정치 행동은 아닐지에 대해서 감찰을 하라는 지시를 한 것"이라고 밝혔다.

윤 장관은 이날 출근길에 임 청장에 대한 감찰 지시 배경을 설명하면서 "본인의 직무와 관련이 있는 것도 아니고 직무수행 과정에서 취득한 정보도 아닌 데다, 이전 검찰청에 있을 때 이미 충분히 의견을 피력했는데도 중수청에서 직책을 맡은 이후 거듭 이야기하는 점이 문제가 있다고 봤다"고 말했다.

그는 "자기 의견을 이야기하는 것은 얼마든지 할 수 있다"면서도 "이미 정치권에서 충분히 논의되고 있는 사안인데 굳이 중수청의 고위 간부가 관련된 사항을 이야기하는 것이 어떠한 의미가 있는가"라고 반문했다.

윤 장관은 과거 검찰의 관행이 중수청에서도 반복돼서는 안 된다는 점도 강조했다.

그는 '로마에 가면 로마법을 지켜라'라는 격언을 인용하며 "검사징계법에 따라 법무부 내에서 검찰 선후배들끼리 징계 업무를 다루다 보니 징계에 매우 관용적이었고, 집단행동을 하면 모두 징계할 수 없으니까 그대로 용인해 왔던 게 과거 검찰의 관행이었다"고 지적했다.

그러면서 "그런 관행을 중수청에 와서까지 하는 것은 더 이상 용납할 수 없다"며 "이는 임은정 검사뿐 아니라 모든 중수청 수사관에게 동일하게 적용되는 이야기"라고 말했다.

감찰관이 공석인 상황에서 감찰을 어떻게 진행할지에 대해서는 "감찰관이 공석이지만 감찰 부서가 없는 것은 아니다"라며 "관련 감찰 업무는 중수청에서 어떻게 수행할지 결정할 것으로 생각한다"고 밝혔다.

앞서 윤 장관은 전날 자신의 X(옛 트위터)에 글을 올려 김지용 초대 중수청장 후보자를 공개 비판해 온 임 청장에 대한 감찰을 지시했다.

당시 윤 장관은 "임 청장은 중수청을 수사하는 기관이 아니라 정치하는 기관으로 착각하고 있는 것 같다"며 과거 검찰의 정치개입과 집단행동 등 잘못된 관행이 중수청으로 옮겨오는 것이 아닌지 우려된다고 밝혔다.

이에 임 청장은 페이스북을 통해 "중수청 1호 감찰 대상이 제가 된 것은 많이 안타깝고 서글픈 일"이라며 "사명감을 가지고 잘 대처하도록 하겠다"는 입장을 내놨다.

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AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • 감찰 결과에 따라 임은정 청장의 직무 지속 여부가 결정될 것

    Possible · Within weeks

Open Questions

  • 감찰이 구체적으로 어떤 절차로 진행될 것인가
  • 임은정 청장에 대한 감찰 결과는 어떻게 될 것인가
  • 중수청 내 과거 검찰 관행의 청산은 어느 정도까지 이루어질 것인가

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