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Yu Shyi-kun vows to ditch `four noes' if elected president

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Yu Shyi-kun said last night that the "four noes and one without" commitment made by President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) in his 2000 inaugural speech would pass into history if he could have his way.

Yu, who has declared his bid for the DPP's nomination for the presidential election, announced that he would scrap the "four noes and one without" policy if he becomes president next year.

Yu said the policy failed to reflect a popular consensus and prevents Taiwan from becoming a "normal country."

In his 2000 inaugural speech, Chen pledged that so long as China has no intention to use force against Taiwan, during his term in office he would seek neither de jure independence, a change to the national title, a new constitution treating China and Taiwan as separate states nor a referendum on whether to declare independence or seek unification with China.

Meanwhile, former premier Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) said yesterday that the time was ripe to put the issue of joining the UN under the name "Taiwan" to a referendum.

He said Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Chai Trong-rong (蔡同榮) had proposed at a recent meeting of the DPP Central Standing Committee that a referendum be held to decide whether to join the UN under the name "Taiwan."

All four DPP presidential aspirants -- Vice President Annette Lu (呂秀蓮), Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌), DPP Chairman Yu Shyi-kun and Hsieh -- endorsed the proposal.
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