Asked by lawmakers to comment on the matter, a National Police Agency official said the agency’s job was to maintain order and help the meetings proceed smoothly.
The official said Yu-fu’s remarks could cause clashes and were “inappropriate.”
The Criminal Investigation Bureau said it would launch a probe to determine if Yu-fu’s behavior constituted incitement.
Minister of the Interior Jiang Yi-huah (江宜樺) said yesterday that he did not know whether Yu-fu was serious about his plan, but vowed to respond with care.
Meanwhile, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Spokesman Tsai Chi-chang (蔡其昌) held a press conference yesterday to present the party’s stance on next week’s meeting, proposing “three calls, three stances”
Tsai said that first, the DPP was calling on the government to sign any agreement or statement that would commit it to transparency and monitoring by the legislature.
Second, the DPP calls on the SEF to review the implementation of past agreements accurately and to make corrections if necessary, he said.
Third, in terms of the content of an ECFA, the DPP calls on the government to fully communicate with the legislature in advance and obtain public approval through a referendum.
As for the three stances, Tsai said the DPP demands that negotiators on the Taiwanese side make the Taiwanese people’s health and safety a priority on the issues of both agricultural quarantine and measurement standards, and protect Taiwanese laborers’ and fishers’ rights, while ensuring its right of jurisdiction on the issue of double taxation to clarify the public’s doubts about the meeting.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY CNA
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