Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) yesterday urged the pan-blue camp to save its energy so it can join the March 26 Democracy, Peace and Defending Taiwan march against China's "Anti-Secession" Law.
Su made the call after Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan (
"I urge our pan-blue camp friends to put aside domestic disputes, since our enemy is already at the gate," Su said yesterday afternoon when he received representatives of the National Pharmacists Association (NPA) at the DPP's headquarters.
PHOTO: LIAO CHEN-HUI, TAIPEI TIMES
"They [the pan-blue camp] have to follow legal procedures if they want to seek truth," he said.
"I hope the pan-blue camp will save some energy to join the March 26 march, which is supposed to be a common goal of the people of Taiwan," he said.
NPA chairman Ho Jung-sheng (
"China's law attempts to force the Taiwanese people to knuckle under its military power, which we will never accept," Ho said.
Su told Ho that march organizers have arranged to use the two parking lots next to the Presidential Office and Chungching S Road for the March 26 rally. A 15m-tall signboard will also be erected in front of the Presidential Office to display the campaign theme, he said.
Meanwhile, Taiwanese students studying in Europe plan to launch simultaneous protests in the cities where they live on March 26 to oppose China's intimidation of Taiwan and to demand the EU keep its arms embargo on China.
Students studying in the UK, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria and Holland have organized an association called the "European Taiwanese Association for Peace and Against Invasion" (
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