Review committee approves KMT's referendum petition

DPP caucus whip Wang Sing-nan (王幸男) was more upbeat about the KMT's proposal.

He said he supported whatever name the government used to obtain UN membership, "so long as the ROC is no longer considered part of the PRC."

TSU caucus whip Tseng Tsahn-deng (曾燦燈) said the KMT's referendum proposal was not feasible, because UN Resolution 2758 clearly stated that "the ROC has been replaced by the PRC."

Meanwhile, the People First Party issued a statement yesterday outlining its opposition to the KMT's referendum bid.

"The move will hurt the Republic of China before the nation can benefit from it. It won't help to stabilize cross-strait relations and will have a negative impact on US-Taiwan relations," it said.

Additional reporting by Flora Wang and Mo Yan-chih