Speech #1000081935

In a recent article. J. Terry Emerson explains that the 10article security law compares favorably with U.S. statutes governing immigration. coastal defense. and restricted zones and that the passage of the security law is a clear indication of Taiwans determination to become a fully democratic country. Indeed. no movement toward democratic reforms would have been possible without the determined efforts of President Chiang Chingkuo. It was President Chiang who convinced the conservatives within the ruling Kuomintang that the martial law. first imposed in 1949. had served its purpose in bringing about Taiwans economic success and that the time had come for the country to move toward constitutional democracy.