So the National Security Crisis Is in the Presidential Palace

 So the National Security Crisis Is in the Presidential Palace

China Times Editorial (Taipei, Taiwan)

July 24, 2019

 Translation of an Excerpt

President Tsai ended her "Journey of Democracy, Freedom and Sustainability", feeling elated; however, a big scandal broke out involving the smuggling of duty-free cigarettes by special agents in the entourage. Especially, crack agents of the Bureau of Investigation intercepted the smuggled goods on the spot at the driveway for the President and VVIP motorcades; such a scene resembling Hollywood movies was indeed shocking. This is not only a question of discipline for the special agents, but also a more horrible national security crisis.

The Tsai government has been incessantly proclaiming to the public that national security crises come from abroad, and has zeroed in on the interactions and exchanges between the opposition party and the Mainland, as well as the mass media, having duties for public opinion. The Tsai government even dispatched personnel to monitor social media; a couple of days ago, it even purged a Bureau of Investigation official who devulged a piece of information on his personal network unfavorable to Premier Su Tseng-chang, fully showing the ugly faces of Big Brother monitoring the people as depicted in Orwell’s novel "1984".

President Tsai now has trouble inside her house, igniting a scandal, and leading to the resignation of National Security Bureau director and the reassignment of her chief aide-de-camp. The true security crisis of state is right beside yourself; deliberately shifting the focus abroad won’t cover up the national security crises produced by long-term condoling of cronies engaging in profiteering and corruption.

We must remind the government: the function of offering advice by the media in modern society is something indispensable for clean government of the country. Accusing specific targets of being agents for external forces, and at the same time, intentionally opening wide back doors for other external forces, indulging and providing cover and protection, twisting the market mechanism of free speech, deliberately removing the democratic organized media for overseeing national governance, all these are more serious national security crises.

We want to question the Tsai government: the people have given the Green camp an opportunity, allowing the DPP to gain the status of complete control of government. However, after over three years since the disastrous defeat in the local elections last yearend, it suddenly began to appeal to the public that under its rule, the country is becoming more and more insecure, hence, it must constrain the people’s rights. May we ask, how can it have the effrontery to ask from the public that they must give the ruling party 4 more years, allowing our country to become even more insecure?

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