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Officials deny giving rally permits to pan-blue camp

Officials of the Taipei City Govern-ment yesterday denied that the pan-blue camp had already obtained permits to hold rallies on May 19 and May 20, as the Taipei City Police Bureau was still evaluating the alliance's applications in the light of its previous rallies.

Taipei City Government spokesman Wu Yu-sheng (吳育昇) said that the city's Division of Construction and Maintenance has not issued permission to any political party, group or individual to use public roads for the purposes of holding a demonstration on these dates.

"Although getting a permit to use the roads is a necessary procedure when applying to stage a rally or parade, the final decision depends on the Taipei Police Bureau's Chungcheng First Precinct chief," Wu said at a news conference after the weekly municipal meeting.

Taipei City Police Department Commissioner Wang Cho-chiun (王卓鈞) said that the police would take the April 3 and April 10 rallies into account when considering the pan-blue camp's applications.

Wang pointed out that the inauguration of the president and vice president will take place on May 20, and that Ketagalan Boulevard would be the major site of the ceremony.

"The presidential inauguration is a national ceremony, and according to convention the right to use the roads usually belongs to the government," Wang said.
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