The KMT's decision not to not pursue an indictment against James Soong
Something is rotten with Taiwan's legal system. No one dares to take a stand on right and wrong. Not long ago the Council of Grand Justices slyly evaded a direct pronouncement on the constitutionality of the Executive Yuan's halting construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant
"Procedural flaws" -- what a wonderfully handy catch-all phrase, so useful in all sorts of situations where dirt needs to be swept under the carpet or skeletons returned to the closet. It deserves a place in the Oxford English Dictionary, perhaps with the following definition: A euphemism for the placing of political expediency above the interests of justice.
What is this political expediency that inspires the quality of the KMT's mercy toward Soong? Basically, it is the KMT's new reality. This party is absolutely not what it was under Lee Teng-hui's (
Time, perhaps, to admit that Dr. Jekyll is dead for good. The KMT's decision to not pursue an indictment of Soong hammered the last nail into Jekyll's coffin. But to add insult to injury, it is not even trying to hide this personality change. Yesterday, the contemptibly shameless Jason Hu
If the KMT is in such a forgiving mood and is -- as it said in its statement -- thinking of nothing but the "collective state interests and social stability," then why not spare some of that generosity and goodwill to the DPP and President Chen Shui-bian
What edifying lesson can we learn from Soong case? That stealing is okay since you can always get away with it by either returning the spare change or using your political muscle to shut your victim up.
Our only hope now is that the Control Yuan will intervene. Six of the KMT's former attorneys in the Soong case, acting on their own, and a private non-profit organization, the Judicial Reform Foundation, have visited the Control Yuan to request an investigation into the apparent breach of duty by the prosecutor in the Soong case. Let us hope that the Control Yuan will look into the matter and make sure justice does not die in Taiwan.
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