President Chen Shui-bian (
"KMT Legislator Su Chi (
"The international community, including the US, believes there is such a thing as a `1992 consensus.' However, the fact of the matter is that the world and the US have been bamboozled by these two parties over the past six years," he said.
Chen made the remarks yesterday while meeting US Representative Robert Simmons, a Connecticut Republican, at the Presidential Office.
Chen said that he has kept dismissing the existence of a "1992 consensus" but nobody has believed him.
"But now you should believe me," he said.
Su on Tuesday admitted that he made up the term "1992 consensus" in 2000 before the KMT handed over power to the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
Su claimed he coined the term to encourage both sides to keep up cross-strait exchanges.
Since the term appeared, however, the DPP administration has denied that any "consensus" ever existed.
Chen said that after he took office in May 2000, he put tremendous effort into searching government records for evidence of a "1992 consensus," but to no avail.
The late Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) chairman Koo Chen-fu (
In response to Chen's criticisms, KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou (
Additional reporting by Jewel Huang
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