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DPP has plan to let Taiwan flourish

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday unveiled plans to win the majority of seats in the legislature to ensure a "flourishing Taiwan."

Securing the legislative majority will enable the DPP to forge ahead with its proposed reforms for a prosperous Taiwan, party spokesmen said yesterday.

Presidential Office Secretary-General Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌), who heads the DPP's legislative campaign, yesterday appealed to the public to give the DPP another mandate in the legislative elections.

"Taiwan needs a stable legislature to usher in more reforms and transform the `listless Taiwan' into a `flourishing Taiwan,'" Su said.

He said a legislative majority was crucial to complement the work of President Chen Shui-bian's (陳水扁) administration.

Over the past four years, many of the government's reform initiatives have been stalled due to an opposition-controlled legislature, forcing the government and the entire country to tread water, Su said.

The DPP's top legislative campaign organization is composed of party heavyweights including Su, Premier Yu Shyi-kun and Kaohsiung Mayor Frank Hsieh (謝長廷). These three are commonly considered to be strong candidates for the 2008 presidential election.

Meanwhile, to avoid Su, Yu and Hsieh competing for support in their respective support strongholds, the party headquarters decided to have them support legislative candidates in the north, center and south of the country.

Su, who rose to fame during his tenure as Taipei County commissioner, has been paying frequent visits to his hometown, Pingtung, to buttress his support in the south, which is currently considered to be Hsieh's stronghold.

Hsieh, who has become the No. 1 man in the south and represented Taipei City as legislator over several terms, has started advancing in the center of the country to seek for new sources of support.

Yu, an influential native of Ilan, has managed to build up his own "Ilan Clan," members of which hold major Cabinet posts. Yu will soon begin a campaign trip in the north when he returns from his state visit to Central America on Thursday.
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