The government will seek a constitutional interpretation and other measures to annul the cross-strait peace advancement bill should it be passed into law, Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Vice Chairman You Ying-lung (
You made the remarks at the council's regular press conference yesterday.
The bill failed to move forward last Friday due to scuffles between pan-green and pan-blue lawmakers over the draft national communications commission bill. The pan-blue camp, with the People First Party (PFP) taking a leading role, plans to use its numerical advantage to try and steamroll the bill through the legislature next Tuesday.
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The MAC yesterday warned the pan-blue camp against passing the bill, saying that it merely supports China's "Anti-Secession" Law, which authorizes China to use "non-peaceful means" if Taiwan "moves toward independence."
If the peace bill is passed into law, it will allow for the creation of a cross-strait "peace committee," which will be in charge of the country's cross-strait policy making.
The so-called "1992 consensus," which recognizes the "one China" policy, will also be incorporated into the bill.
You said that the bill is incapable of advancing cross-strait peace.
"Instead, it will cause a huge dispute in this country and divide the Taiwanese people, as the so-called `1992-consensus' has never been the consensus in this country," he said.
As for the establishment of the cross-strait "peace committee" to enact cross-strait policy, You said it will paralyze the operation of the government.
"As the bill doesn't comply with the Constitution, the government will seek possible solutions to annul it," You said.
In the face of the government's opposition, PFP caucus whip Hwang Yih-jiau (
"If the bill is passed on Tuesday's meeting in the Legislative Yuan, the government has to implement the law because it is a result of democracy," Huang.
Meanwhile, a group of 50 lawmakers from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) rallied yesterday in front of the Legislative Yuan to show their determination to block the bill.
Legislator William Lai (
He said that while Taiwan should unite to face up to China's threat, especially in the face of Beijing's enactment earlier this year of its so-called "Anti-Secession" Law giving Beijing the "legal" option of taking Taiwan by force, the PFP and its political ally the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) have in fact been trying to supplicate China by coming up with the peace-promotion bill.
Lai led his caucus members in chanting "false peace, actual surrender," saying that his party will fight tooth and nail to thwart it, despite being a minority party in the legislature.
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