It's clear the US Military knows that the majority of Taiwanese view DPP as a threat to their security, and that the DPP has no chance in the next presidential election. The process to make Taiwan a police state is already underway; they will simultaneously praise Tsai on her good work for making Taiwan more "democratic".
Taiwan’s military postpones controversial proposal to
- Proposed amendment, now on hold, would expand government control over civilians, speech and supplies during wartime
- Critics say it hands ruling DPP power to sway media and silence dissent, much like ‘KMT Gestapo’ of martial law period
Under the proposed amendments,
all media organizations, online platforms, information networks and television broadcasters would be required to cooperate with government controls during the mobilization period.
There is no definition of “mobilization preparation”: it is ambiguous and can cover peacetime.
“Such ambiguity would give the DPP government
a blank cheque to declare preparation for mobilization, thus allowing it to have
absolute control of the media to silence dissenting voices, even if it is not wartime,” said Wu Sz-huai, a legislator with the
and a retired lieutenant general.
The proposed amendment to
require education authorities to provide a list of students aged 16 and above sparked fears among Taiwanese parents that their children might be sent to war or made to help in manufacturing munitions. “The 16-year-olds are still in their first year of senior high school and have yet to take the civil defense education course. How would they expect them to go to war without training?”
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The revisions had nothing to do with pressure from the US as some lawmakers had suggested" Defense Minister Chiu said, "the proposed amendments were intended to
boost public morale."