"Only voting for the DPP and participating in the change of leadership can Taiwanese tell their children that they were a part of history on March 18," Chen said.
Responding to his rivals' policy announcements, Chen questioned why Lien and Soong had failed to achieve their policies during the decades when they monopolized the government machinery.
"It's impossible that the KMT could stop dealing in `black gold.' It would be like washing coal and expecting it to become white," Chen said.
Other two candidates -- independent Hsu Hsin-liang (
"Chen is the most dangerous candidate in that he would provoke China," Hsu said. "Because in his constitutional policy white paper Chen said he wanted to rewrite the Constitution and add a sovereignty statement into it. That means Taiwan independence, and that will be more dangerous than President Lee Teng-hui's (
Li Ao spoke out against President Lee's ownership of property, saying Lee has a secret account in a Swiss bank.
A spokesman for the Presidential Office immediately denied the charges.
Three additional televised policy forums will be held before the election on March 18.
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