Congressman Gerald Connally, a representative US lawmaker, is speaking at the Capitol in February. Congressman Connolly said in a statement on the 17th (local time) that “President Moon Jae-in will have to reconsider before signing the Anti-North Korean War Spreading Law.” [AP=연합뉴스]
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Congressman Gerald Connally (Democratic Party, Virginia), a representative US lawmaker, made a statement publicly criticizing the unilaterally dealt with the Democratic Party’s unilateral spraying of warfare against North Korea.
Connolly “Korea should not follow the suppression of freedom of expression in North Korea”
U.S. Congressional Human Rights Committee to Hear the Law Against North Korean Warfare
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Connolly said in a statement on the 17th (local time) that “the law on the ban on spreading warfare to North Korea handled by the South Korean parliament is very worrisome.” Not only that, it can also bring about a’chilling effect’ for freedom of expression in Korea.”
The chilling effect refers to a phenomenon in which the freedom of thought and expression is reduced by fear of excessive regulation or pressure. If someone’s expressive behavior is restrained, not only that person, but also the next person and the entire organization are naturally forced to silence.
Congressman Connally said “If the North Korean government suppresses freedom of expression, we should not respond in the same way.“And”What President Moon Jae-in should reconsider before signing this bill“I emphasized.
Congressman Connolly is co-chair of the’Korea Caucus’, a meeting of Chihanpa members in the US Congress.Interestingly, he is active on the House Foreign Relations Committee. Earlier, President Moon sent a congratulatory congratulatory message after Connolly succeeded in re-election in the US Congressional elections held in November.
![Republican Congressman Chris Smith speaks in Congress last February. [AP=연합뉴스]](https://i0.wp.com/pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/202012/18/60acc564-b30a-49e1-8cfe-70b2689a8f65.jpg?w=900&ssl=1)
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Republican Congressman Chris Smith speaks in Congress last February. [AP=연합뉴스]
– The intensity of criticism at the level of the US Congress over the anti-North Korean warfare spray ban law is increasing. The’Tom Lantos Human Rights Committee’, a bipartisan organization under the U.S. Congress, is scheduled to hold a hearing on the Korean anti-North Korea spraying ban.
This is the first action taken by the US Congress, which has expressed concern over the move to deal with the anti-spreading law against North Korea, and the Human Rights Commission is expected to listen to the opinions of North Korean defectors and other Korean human rights organizations.
Congressman Chris Smith, who served as co-chair of the US Republican Party of Tom Lantos Human Rights Committee, also said in a statement released on the 11th, “I am seriously concerned because the disregard for basic civil liberties in South Korea and the increasing toleration of communist North Korea” There is a bar.
Reporter Dayoung Kim [email protected]
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