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DPP adviser predicts closer ties with US for party

The US will be more actively in drawing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to its side following two opposition leaders' controversial visits to China, a US-based DPP adviser predicted.

Hung Shun-wu (洪順五), the top adviser to the DPP's Silicon Valley chapter, said China's lavish welcomes to Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan (連戰) and People First Party (PFP) Chairman James Soong (宋楚瑜) in the run-up to the National Assembly election manifested its determination to interfere in Taiwan's domestic affairs.

Against this backdrop, Hung said, the US will forge closer ties with the DPP administration in order to maintain a balance of power across the Taiwan Strait.

Hung cited as evidence of his forecast that President Chen Shui-bian's (陳水扁) chief of staff Yu Shyi-kuan and Chief of the General Staff General Lee Tien-yu (李天羽), are currently on visits to the US.

Hung said the US authorities might invite DPP Chairman Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) and former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) to the US.

Hung said the National Assembly outcome, in which the DPP won the largest share of 42.52 percent of the votes cast compared to the KMT's 38.92 percent and the PFP's 6.11 percent, indicates that voters used their ballots to say "No" to China's attempt to get involved in Taiwan's domestic affairs by wooing the two pro-unification parties.

The DPP's ally -- the Taiwan Solidarity Union -- captured 7.05 percent in the election.

In the wake of the assembly election, Hung said, Chen should not continue to evade the "one China" issue and the DPP should face up to the thorny problem squarely.

"Chen should toss the ball back to Beijing by outlining under which conditions Taiwan would accept the `one China' principle or the `one country, two systems'" formula, Hung said.
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