Pro-independence groups yesterday urged people to use their votes to punish the pan-blue camp for collaborating with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to compromise Taiwan's sovereignty.
Fearing that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is headed for a debacle on Saturday, pro-independence leaders including Senior Presidential Adviser Koo Kwang-min (辜寬敏) and chief of the Hand-in-Hand Taiwan Alliance Ng Chiau-tong (黃昭堂) held a news conference yesterday calling on people who care about the nation's future to head to the polls.
They said Saturday's election represents a critical juncture for Taiwan', since the pan-blue camp is ready to cooperate with the CCP to increase China's influence and further its unification propaganda if they win the elections.
"Voting is a behavior that can demonstrate Taiwan's free will and sovereignty. We won't easily give up such a right," Ng said. "The ballots you cast on Saturday are to vote for Taiwan and punish the pan-blue camp's treason," Ng added.
Koo, who publicly criticized President Chen Shui-bian's (
Koo said that although he could understand the whisper campaign asking voters to teach the DPP and Chen a lesson, such thinking is misguided.
"It is true that President Chen hasn't fulfilled the promises he made," Koo said. "But ... former KMT chairman Lien Chan (
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