Mon, Feb 16, 2004 - Page 1 News List

Polls find televised debate did little to sway opinion

PRESIDENT IN FRONT In polls conducted by various newspapers after Saturday's debate, voters agreed that President Chen Shui-bian did better than his rival

By Chang Yun-ping and Huang Tai-lin  /  STAFF REPORTERS

The pan-blue camp believed Chen made these remarks referring to a long-standing rumor that Lien had physically abused his wife, Lien Fang Yu (連方瑀).

PFP caucus leader Chou Hsi-wei (周錫瑋), who also serves as the deputy director of the alliance's policy department, said that statistics cited by Chen on the nation's economic growth and national debt were incorrect.

"Chen owes the general public an apology for deliberately misleading them to get them to overlook efforts by the former KMT administration. He wants all the credit for saving the nation NT$2.5 billion in the construction of the second north-south freeway, the improvement in Kaohsiung's tap-water quality, and the like," Chou said.

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