The pan-green camp lawmakers yesterday accused Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan (
According to Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Secretary-General Lee Yi-yang (
Lien claimed in his speech that Taiwan's democracy is threatened by a rising trend of populism in the nation, while its people's well-being is at stake because of a pro-independence movement trying to draft a new constitution and change the official name of the country.
PHOTO: CHEN TSE-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
Lee said the DPP despises Lien's flattery of China for its economic development and political reform, disregarding the despotic nature of the Chinese communist regime.
On the other hand, Lee said, Lien was denigrating and sneering at the democratic development of Taiwan, which Lee said has disgraced both Lien himself and the KMT.
DPP legislators dismissed Lien's speech as disappointing and regrettable, and alleged that Lien -- instead of asserting Taiwan's identity -- treated China as his motherland and considered the DPP government his enemy.
Chao Yung-ching (
Meanwhile, TSU lawmakers accused Lien of allying with the communists to "sell out" Taiwan.
While advocating the "greater China nationalism," Lien was suppressing the Taiwanese identity and defaming the democratic development of Taiwan, they said.
Responding to DPP and TSU criticism, People First Party (PFP) legislative caucus convener Lee Yung-ping (
Like the KMT, the PFP opposes a confrontation of Taiwan's nationalism with China's nationalism, Lee said.
Cho Po-yuan (
Cho said Lien emphasized in his speech the democratic development of Taiwan that began with the lifting of martial law in 1987 and urged the pan-green camp to stop making "unfounded accusations" against Lien.
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