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Lien says KMT will focus on people's welfare concerns

Issues pertaining to people's live-lihoods will be among the Chinese Nationalist Party's (KMT) campaign focuses in the legislative elections, KMT Chairman Lien Chan (連戰) said yesterday.

Saying that constitutional reform will be an important issue in the party's campaigns for the December poll, Lien added that other issues will pertain to people's welfare, so ethnic relations and economic and national development would be among the party's concerns as well.

Lien's comments were made yesterday before he met with a group of nominees at the party's headquarters. The party is still finalizing its campaign strategy, he said.

He also commented on some Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) campaign priorities revealed by the DPP's information and culture chief, Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦). Cheng said on Sunday that "terminating the Lien-Soong system" would be one of the party's main campaign appeals. He was referring to Lien and People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong (宋楚瑜).

Stating that both he and Soong are members of opposition parties, Lien said that he had never heard of a democratic country wanting to terminate its opposition parties.

He said that if President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) "wants to terminate opposition parties, does that mean that he wants to become a dictator?"

"As everyone can clearly see that the DPP administration is incompetent and corrupted, what should be terminated is the incompetent and corrupted government," he said.

KMT spokesman Alex Tsai (蔡正元) said that while the DPP's slogan might strike a chord with pan-green supporters, it could turn off undecided voters.

Noting the KMT's response, Cheng later yesterday clarified his remarks, saying that "terminating Lien-Soong does not mean terminating opposition parties, as opposition parties play a valuable role."

By "terminating the Lien-Soong system," Cheng said he referred to a wish to end Lien's and Soong's irrational thinking as it was displayed in the protests after the presidential election led by the two men.
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