A Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) young Turk yesterday announced his plan to organize a new political party.
Jou Yi-cheng (
Jou, who was once director of the party's Department of Youth Development, said he made the decision because he could not bear to see the wrangling between party members, adding that he was psychologically prepared for the possibility of failure.
"The two-party system in Taiwanese politics is a vicious system," he said. "The two parties try to hold each other back in their diplomatic policies and do not offer the public a meaningful choice in terms of domestic policies."
"The `democratic civil war' may worsen in the 2008 presidential election," he said. "Now we need `peacekeeping troops' to carry out `humanitarian interference.'"
Jou said the new party would probably be established in August.
The new party would nominate legislative candidates for the year-end elections, said Jou, adding that he would soon withdraw from the DPP.
DPP Legislator Hong Chi-chang (洪奇昌) praised Jou's efforts, but added that he might encounter difficulty because now is not the right time to set up a new party.
"It takes a group of people who enjoy public trust, a group of enthusiastic staffers and a terrible economy for a `middle force' to succeed, but judging from the current situation, it is practically impossible for several youngsters to succeed in forming a political party," Hong said.
DPP caucus whip Wang Sing-nan (
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