To expand the party's influence in the legislature, DPP Deputy Secretary-General Michael You (
You said the party was established mainly with the support of the grassroots and under-privileged groups in the ethnic Taiwanese community, but the DPP needs to break free from ethnic barriers if it is to flourish in the long run.
You conceded the DPP needs to produce a record of outstanding achievements in government, but he disagreed with criticism that the party has ignored past promises.
He argued the party has never forgotten its pledges and that the issue is how to carry out these ideas, citing the controversy surrounding the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant as an example.
He said the DPP's plan to build a nuclear-free nation has never changed and that it has encountered tremendous obstacles in trying to realize this goal.
"The DPP's problem is not that we've lost our ideas, but how to attain these objectives given political circumstances," he added.
As the DPP is still groping in the dark, officials urged the public to allow the party more time to exhibit its abilities, given that both the ruling and opposition camps are still adapting their new roles because "winning power may prove to have been the easier part, governing the country the more difficult."
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