– It will create a significant problem if the “praise, incite, propagate, acts in concert with a rebellion against the State” clause is deleted. Investigators will not be able to catch any spies.
– Most spies, or secret agents, are highly trained, and they typically do not leave any traces behind. This is why the investigation of spying is based on clauses related to praise, incite and propagate.
– Average South Korean people and those who love the liberal democratic Republic of Korea don’t feel any discomfort from section 7 of the law. Instead, they believe it is a shield that protects people’s safety and lives.
Fifteen assembly members from the ruling Democratic Party proposed a bill to amend the existing National Security Act to erase the section on “Praise and Incitement” through the judicial committee on November 18. Assembly member Lee Kyu-min sponsored the bill, and lawmakers Kim Nam-kook, Kim Yong-min, Kim Chul-min, Shin Jung-hoon, Yoon Young-deok, Lee Dong-joo, Lee Sung-man, Lee Soo-jin, Chang Kyung-tae, Cho Oh-seop, Choi Hye-young from the Democratic Party, along with Kim Jin-ae (Open Democratic Party), Kim Hong-gul and Yang Jung-sook (Independent) are listed as the co-sponsors.
Article 7 of the National Security Act, which they are planning on deleting, was last amended in 1991. It states that “Any person who praises, incites or propagates the activities of an anti-government organization, a member thereof or of the person who has received an order from it, or who acts in concert with it, or propagates or instigates a rebellion against the State, with the knowledge of the fact that it may endanger the existence and security of the State or democratic fundamental order, shall be punished by imprisonment for no more than seven years.”
It will create a significant problem if the “praise, incite, propagate, acts in concert with a rebellion against the State” clause is deleted. Most spies, or secret agents, are highly trained and they typically do not leave any traces behind. This is why the investigation on spying is based on the clause related to praise, incite and propagate.
Professionals who have investigated spying activities for a long period of time all argue that the most important legal clause in the investigation is the one related to praise, incite and propagate. They say that they can find evidence based on the clause. If the clause is removed, it means that the legal basis to investigate spying activity in the Republic of Korea is also eliminated.
Attempting to remove such an important section of the law will incapacitate the National Security Act as a whole. This act would open the main gate to allow North Korean spies to freely commit rebellious activities. It also can be seen as self-disarmament to realize Kim Jong-un’s long-term goal of unifying the peninsula under communism. What is even more ludicrous is that this act of dismantling the nation is committed publicly and openly by lawmakers, who were elected by the people and are paid by the people’s tax money.
Lee Kyu-min, a key figure who is pushing to delete Section 7 of the National Security Act, argues that the section “intimidates people’s freedom of expression too much and has a tendency to violate personal freedom.” This kind of argument is just outrageous.
People who argue that the National Security Act significantly intimidates people’s freedom of expression and has a tendency to violate personal freedom did not say a word about the establishment of the Hong Kong national security law. They quietly sympathized with that law, but the same people proposed a bill to amend this law in a malicious way by arguing that it violates freedom of expression and personal freedom. They proposed the bill to allow people to get away with the crimes of praising and encouraging Kim Jong-un, the head of the enemy of the state.
The Moon administration is infringing upon basic rights such as freedom of expression, freedom of religion, personal freedom, etc. that are guaranteed by the constitution by citing laws related to infectious disease and defamation, as well as categorizing some arguments by the people as “fake news.” South Korean citizens who are critics of the administration are being targeted. People who are infringing basic rights are attempting to delete section 7 from the law, arguing that it intimidates freedom of expression and has the tendency to violate personal freedom. Section 7, in fact, is needed to protect the right to life and right to live. Their argument is simply outrageous.
Since the followers of Juche, or self-reliance, took power, the pro-North Korean faction, leftists, and pro-Moon faction are getting away with violating the National Security Act. Their freedom of expression or personal freedom is not infringed by the law in any way. The bill to delete section 7 was proposed mainly by pro-Moon lawmakers from the Democratic Party. This will tear down the constitutional order and destroy the free democratic and market capitalist system in the Republic of Korea. If the section is deleted from the law, it will have traitors who are socialists, Juche followers and against the government running around and slashing Republic of Korea into pieces. It will allow them to praise, incite, and propagate Kim Jong-un, socialism and communism to tear down the Republic of Korea.
There is something stranger about the recent situation. The lawmakers from the ruling Democratic Party must also be citizens of this country. But why would they be working tirelessly to destroy the National Security Act, which is what Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il and Kim Jong-un desperately want? The Democratic Party was the ruling party in 2004 under the Roh Moo-hyun administration. The same party chose the abolition of the National Security Act as its party’s official platform in the 17th National Assembly. However, they failed to achieve it due to the backlash from the majority of the people.
Currently, the ruling party, along with other liberal parties, holds 188 seats in the National Assembly. It has become easier for them to abolish the law if they decide to do so. There are more and more suspicions about the April 15 election fraud. Lawmakers who took their seats illegally are trying to use their positions to destroy the country. They are traitors and are destroying the country. They should be subjected to the people’s stern judgment.
People who feel uncomfortable with section 7 of the law are Juche followers and spies who are pro-North Korea. They do not recognize the Republic of Korea as a legitimate government and want to replace the government. Removing section 7 of the law is treason that protects spies and traitors who threaten the country’s security and people’s lives. This is the same as spying activity that aims to destroy the country.
The average South Koreans and those who love the liberal democratic Republic of Korea don’t feel any discomfort from section 7 of the law. Instead, they believe it is a shield that protects people’s safety and lives. So, attempts by the current administration and ruling party to abolish the National Security Act prove that they are pro-North Korean socialists and against liberal democracy.
They are traitors who pursue totalitarian socialism, which disappeared from history long ago. They are traitors who follow the Chinese Communist Party. They are traitors who align themselves with the communist and authoritarian regime of Kim Jong-un, which is trying to destroy and communize South Korea. Regardless of what their excuses and reasoning are, people will deliver their verdict on them.
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