"DPP Chairman Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) has said that it is his job to explain to the public the differences between the KMT's past conduct and the current DPP measure," Cheng said.
Kao Chih-peng (高志鵬), a member of the DPP's top policy-making Central Standing Committee, said that the line between the government and the ruling party will be very clearly drawn, but admitted that convincing the public would be difficult and the Cabinet would need time to draw that line.
"We will tell the public that the DPP has no party-owned businesses, and will therefore never make the mistake of the KMT by fusing its party assets with state-owned businesses," Kao said.
"More importantly, the DPP's Central Standing Committee will neither discuss the allocation of government resources nor decide on government appointments.
"The Central Standing Committee will only discuss the main direction of government policy rather than deciding the details of government policy," Kao said.
Kao also stressed that the DPP's tradition of collective decision-making is to be preserved, but warned that executive branch input into the party decision-making mechanism must be increased.
He also said that, as chairman, the president must be prepared to wield more power than previous party chairmen.
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