On the 26th, the Constitutional Court will hold a hearing on a case to confirm the unconstitutionality of the clause distributing leaflets against North Korea in the North-South Relations Development Act.
The Law Prohibiting Leaflets Against North Korea is a new bill established in December 2020, and it
The new system was established in response to the military's efforts to distribute more than 500,000 anti-North Korean leaflets over North Korea from April to June 2020. The Democratic Party of Korea, the ruling party at the time, was concerned about the deterioration of inter-Korean relations due to the leaflets against North Korea.
He claimed that fear among residents of the border areas between the North and South is increasing. On the other hand, conservatives criticized the move, saying, ``It is too much to judge North Korea's appearance.'' At the time, Kim of the North Korean Workers' Party for distributing leaflets.
-The Moon administration pushed forward with the bill after First Vice Minister Yeo-jeong issued a message of condemnation. The ``Lawyers Association for Human Rights and Unification of the Korean Peninsula'' hopes that the relevant bill will be passed.
Well, they filed a constitutional petition claiming that the bill in question was unconstitutional, and the results will be announced about two years and nine months later. In November last year, Minister of Unification Kwon Yong-se, who is in charge of the relevant bill, said, ``The relevant bill
They submitted an opinion to the Constitutional Court stating that the act violates the principle of prohibition of excess, infringes on freedom of expression, and violates the Constitution by violating the principles of criminal and criminal statutes, the principles of clarity, and the principles of proportionality.''
2023/09/26 10:22 KST
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