`Taiwan Province' not needed, Chen says

"Those who do not negate human rights and democracy will not object to the Taiwanese making their own constitution according to human rights and democracy," he said.

Munakata also pointed out that for the Asia-Pacific region to maintain stability, international society should allow Taiwan to participate in international affairs as a sovereign nation, instead of repressing Taiwan's international space just to placate China.

Lee Yeau-tarn (李酉潭), an associate professor at National Chengchi University's Sun Yat-sen Graduate Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities, proposed that Taiwan should adopt a presidential system in the new constitution.

Lee pointed out that after six rounds of amendation of the present Constitution, Taiwan has come up with a political system similar to France's, with executive authority split between the president and the premier, but this variation of a parliamentary system was creating chaos and instability in Taiwan.

Lee said that a presidential system was better for Taiwan because the president was commonly recognized as the head of state in Taiwan, and Taiwan also needed a strong leadership to handle the threat from China.

Lee further pointed out that conflicts between the administrative and legislative branches had been constant, and the standoff had come to a point that needed to be resolved.