Chen will join march tomorrow

WITH THE PEOPLE The president will join the mass demonstration as an ordinary citizen; he will niether make a speech nor lead the protest, he said

By Huang Tai-lin / STAFF REPORTER

"There will be one day when the 1.3 billion people of China will stand on the side of democracy and peace," Chen said.

Meanwhile, Vice President Annette Lu (呂秀蓮), freshly returned from her 12-day overseas visit to Latin America yesterday morning, said she would seek the president's opinion before deciding whether or not to attend tomorrow's demonstration.

Presidential Office Secretary-General Yu Shyi-kun said yesterday if he were not needed to accompany the president, he, as a native of Yilan, will join his hometown people on the sixth route tomorrow.

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