Unimpressed by the breakthrough made by police in the probe into the election-eve assassination attempt, the People First Party (PFP) yesterday promised it would re-launch the March 19 shooting truth investigation committee and establish another committee to investigate the investigation's investigators.
Meanwhile, the PFP said on Monday that it will not mobilize a march on the first anniversary of the shooting incident. It conceded, however, that it was encouraging party members to participate in a procession organized by its Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) ally and other independent groups.
"We will team up with the KMT to form an investigation committee like the one that was dissolved when the last legislative session ended," PFP Legislator Li Yong-ping (
In addition to the committee, Li said that her caucus will make an effort to set up a subcommittee under the legislature's interior committee to gain access to prosecutors' and law enforcement officers' files of the investigation.
PFP Legislator Chou Hsi-wei (
Li, who said that she will participate in the KMT's event on Saturday, added that her caucus will respect the free will of other PFP members.
"As many members have voiced their interest in participating in the event, we encourage our members to do so, and we will not ban them or our supporters from going," she said.
PFP Legislator Diane Lee (
"I'd like to know where the suicide note is, where the yellow jacket is and where the gun is," she said.
Calling the evidence provided by prosecutors "flimsy" and "unconvincing," KMT caucus whip Chen Chieh (
"I hope the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) supports the amendments and does not hamper or boycott the legal revisions if they are genuinely serious about finding out the truth," he said.
Lai Shyh-bao (
"If the DPP really means reconciliation, it should support the formation of the investigation committee," he said.
Defending prosecutors' investigation efforts, Premier Frank Hsieh (
"There has indeed been a significant breakthrough, and I am for making public the progress of the investigation," Hsieh said. "I think that the direction prosecutors have been taking is correct, and that they should continue pursuing the leads."
According to Hsieh, he learned of the breakthrough on Sunday and instructed prosecutors to make public the information the following day.
"As expected, some people believe the story, while some don't," he said. "Of course, if the police turn out to be wrong, their finding will become a joke and they will have to be responsible for making such a blunder."
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