It was “unbelievable” that Ma would use a person with business interests in China to represent the country in dealing with Beijing, Gao said, adding that Taiwan’s interests might have been harmed.
Gao said it was no surprise that the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) government was rushing to sign an ECFA with Beijing because such a treaty would help it make large sums of money.
DPP caucus whip Lee Chun-yee (李俊毅) said Ma should remove Chiang from his position, as Taiwanese could no longer trust him.
At a separate setting, DPP Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said the government should clarify whether the Chiang family’s business in China posed a conflict of interest.
Officials at the National Security Council, the MAC and the SEF should be investigated, Tsai said.
At a press conference, KMT caucus whip Lin Yi-shih (林益世) urged the DPP not to discredit Chiang.
“They should stop sullying the name of a person who has devoted himself to serving the nation,” Lin said.
Lin said the DPP’s criticism was unreasonable as “by DPP logic, family members of a company chairman should all be barred from working for a company and depend on [the chairman] for a living.”
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY FLORA WANG
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