Do you think the censorship of Mein Kampf, the anti-hate speech laws, and the illegality of Holocaust denial in some parts of Europe have authoritarian motives?
But that's not happening here, there is no balance being stuck. There is just "remove all characteristics of a legal system" (Rechtsstaatlichkeit) on the one side, and the gain is "have the means for absolute power".
Edit: I feel that question leans too much into pure politics, and was hesitant answering. The link with HN is that the story is also about criminalizing encryption. Mein Kampf, not so much linked.
Though, I'm not really sure you can remove politics from the question and I doubt candidates and parties would not be involved, even if they have to force their way into the issue.