A national secrecy protection law is going to be legislated by our congress very soon. Even though the lawyers association as well as the mass media have protested against it very hard, the present government would do that by any means.
They say it is to protect our nation's interest by protecting the informations relevant with the national security. But there are a number of serious problems in this draft.
1)The law could cover all aspects of the administrative offices and their behaviours if the head of each office determines any information on them as a secret. No limit.
2)They don't need to publish the protected informations in certain span of time. They could cover up any informations unfavorable to them "forever". This rule may bring rise to moral hazard to the administrative officials including the cabinet.
It is definitely against our right to know and check what is going on in the administration of the nation. I am strongly against this law.
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