Lin had previously proclaimed that any DPP government officials who supported the plant would be violating the party's platform. "The president should dismiss any DPP Cabinet members who support the plant," Lin said, while he was still DPP chairman.
In response to Lin's remarks, the premier also promised to abide by the party's platform after he took office last October, saying: "I, as a DPP member, am not likely to make a decision that will violate the party's platform."
Those words would appear to further tighten the trap in which the president and premier now find themselves.
Yao, however, disagreed.
"The plant's construction is a fait accompli. If the president and the premier fail to scrap it, they do not necessarily violate the party's platform since they have both expressed their anti-nuclear stances," Yao said, adding that he sympathized with the president's position.
Yao remained pessimistic, however, adding that it seemed that the president could not find a solution to his predicament since many anti-nuclear activists from abroad have also threatened to come back to Taiwan and join the domestic protests if he should decide to continue the plant's construction.
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