윤 ‘대통령실 슬림화’ 약속 무색…조직 계속 커져 3실장 7수석

윤 ‘대통령실 슬림화’ 약속 무색…조직 계속 커져 3실장 7수석

윤석열 대통령이 7일 서울 용산 대통령실 청사에서 신임 민정수석에 임명한 김주현 전 법무차관을 소개한 뒤 취재진의 질문에 답하고 있다. 연합뉴스

7일 윤석열 대통령이 폐지했던 민정수석을 신설함에 따라, ‘민정수석 폐지’라는 대선 공약을 번복했을 뿐 아니라 ‘대통령실 슬림화’ 약속도 무색해졌다는 평가가 불가피해졌다.

윤 대통령은 2년 전 취임하면서 ‘제왕적 대통령제의 폐해를 개혁하겠다’며 문재인 정부 청와대의 ‘3실장 8수석’ 체제에서 정책실과 민정·일자리·인사수석을 폐지하고 ‘2실장(비서실·국가안보실) 5수석(정무·홍보·경제·사회·시민사회)’ 체제로 출범했다. 윤 대통령은 ‘작지만 민첩한 조직’을 내걸었다.

윤 ‘대통령실 슬림화’ 약속 무색…조직 계속 커져 3실장 7수석

그러다 윤 대통령은 지난해 연구·개발(R&D) 예산 삭감 논란을 겪은 뒤 정책 역량 강화 등을 명분으로 11월 말 정책실장과 그 산하 과학기술수석을 신설해 ‘3실장 6수석’으로 조직을 키웠다.

이어 올해 1월에는 국가안보실장 산하에 제3차장을 신설했다. 22대 총선 패배 뒤 이번에는 ‘민심 청취 강화’를 내걸고 민정수석을 신설했다. 정부 출범 2년 만에 정책실과 민정수석이 부활해 ‘3실장 7수석’ 체제로 대통령실 몸집이 불어났다. 이전 정권과 비슷한 규모다. 7명의 수석에다 국가안보실의 제1차장(외교), 2차장(국방), 3차장(경제안보)을 포함하면 수석비서관급은 10명이 된다.

대통령실은 그동안 민정수석실을 대신해 ‘소통 강화’ 목적으로 운영해온 시민사회수석실을 존치하는 방향으로 가닥을 잡고, 구체적인 기능 등을 고민하고 있는 것으로 알려졌다. 국가안보실을 제외하고 대통령실의 실장과 수석급 참모들은 지난달 총선 패배 뒤 일괄 사의를 표명했는데, 윤 대통령은 지난달 정진석 비서실장과 홍철호 정무수석을 새로 임명했다. 이도운 홍보수석은 유임이 결정됐고, 공석인 시민사회수석은 사람을 찾는 중이다.

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