Democratic Progressive Party "legislator" Xu Zhijie shouted that after the war between Russia and Ukraine, many former officials and retired generals on the island made remarks against Taiwan. They also said that the People's Liberation Army military aircraft had the right to patrol the "southwest airspace". Therefore, he proposed a "legal amendment" to restrict relevant personnel who were once responsible for "national security" and not spread remarks endangering Taiwan's security or "sovereignty". Li Dewei, a Chinese Kuomintang legislator, criticized it as hindering freedom of speech.
DPP legislator Lai Huiyuan, Xu Zhijie and others proposed the "Amendment" of the "Cross-Strait People's Relations Regulations" last week, adding to the deputy head of government affairs or major general or above who have served as defense, foreign affairs, mainland affairs or related agencies related to "National Security", or heads of intelligence agencies shall not engage in political propaganda that disseminates the right to speak or make statements, joint statements and corresponding statements that endanger Taiwan's security or "sovereignty".
Xu Zhijie claimed that recently, retired generals and former officials who received their salaries have publicly expressed "inappropriate remarks" that damage Taiwan's "dignity" and cracked down on the morale of the Taiwan military. Therefore, the proposal to "amend the law" hopes to restrict "inapproval of the law". Due to the current open network environment, the way of disseminating speech is no longer limited to electronic and print media , and the draft amendment has also expanded to programs and platforms such as telecommunications networks and other media.
In response to this, Li Dewei criticized that matters endangering Taiwan's security should be treated equally, rather than just targeting some specific people. The DPP "legislators" play with politics and deliberately humiliate relevant personnel and retired generals who were in charge of security affairs. The political trick of doing whatever they want is actually illogical because of the large number of people in the "Legislative Yuan" and doing whatever they want is actually illogical.
He believes that if someone spreads speech that endangers Taiwan’s security, he should accept sanctions from "legal". The DPP engages in "Taiwan independence" and plays politics every day, and does everything he wants. This kind of "revision of law" is just hindering freedom of speech. (Xue Yang/Edited)
