According to a document made public by a lawmaker of the ruling party on the same day, the then Defense Ministry submitted the document on the plan to ease the condition for declaring the "martial law" and enforce it in the designated time to Chongwadae and the Ministry of Administration and Security in December 2011.

The then Chongwadae okayed the proposal.

Such scheme of the Lee Myung Bak group was aimed to maintain its power at any cost.