Wed, Mar 10, 2004 - Page 3 News List

Democracy forges ahead

In the first half of an exclusive two-part interview with the `Taipei Times' President Chen Shui-bian says that the forces of authoritarianism will suffer a major defeat as the people choose progress and reform

By Lin Chieh-yu  /  STAFF REPORTER

The third point of significance, more important than my re-election, is the first ever nationwide referendum in Taiwan. This is not just the first for the 23 million people in Taiwan, but also the first in the hundreds of years of Taiwanese history or even the thousands of years of Chinese history. If such a historic referendum can be successfully combined with the presidential election, it would be the most important contribution and achievement by the Taiwanese people.

The second half of the exclusive interview with President Chen Shui-bian will appear in tomorrow's edition on the same page.

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