However, the new government must also respond to demands from the populace at the appropriate time. It appears that the timings for convening the cross-strait task force and the National Unification Council do not have to be separated so cleanly, because the two entities are similar in nature and the former will not be abolished any time soon. There is no harm in organizing both at the same time.
As public consensus begins to build for cross-strait policy, it will naturally become clear which is the superior entity among the two.
The row over the codification of the GNU is an indication that we still do not have a unanimous consensus on cross-strait policy. We hope the new government will demonstrate its wisdom on the issue and find a feasible solution to this long-running issue.
Wang To is a DPP legislator.
Translated by Francis Huang.
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