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Yu adamant DPP will not amend rules on integrity

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Yu Shyi-kun said yesterday that the party would not amend its regulations on integrity in such a way that would ensure that DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh (謝長廷) could retain his presidential nomination if he is indicted.

"The party headquarters do not have such a plan. I also believe that it is unnecessary," Yu said in response to a front-page story by the Chinese-language United Daily News yesterday, which said the DPP had launched a series of actions to protect Hsieh, who is alleged to have been involved in 10 cases that are being investigated by the Special Investigation Task Force.

The United Daily News said the actions involved passing a resolution during the DPP's Central Standing Committee meeting on Wednesday.

The actions also allegedly involved plans to put forth a proposal, initiated by some of the party's national representatives during next Wednesday's committee meeting.

The motion would seek the abolishment, during the party's national congress on Sept. 30, of regulation that calls for the suspension of rights of members who are indicted, the paper said.

Calling Wednesday's resolution "a precaution against villains," Yu yesterday dismissed the report and said the resolution passed by the committee on Wednesday aimed at urging the judiciary not to treat Hsieh "differently" just because he is a presidential candidate.

"The DPP is not like the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT). [The DPP] gives weight to moral standards and integrity. The DPP would not tailor-make regulations for certain individuals as does the KMT," he said, referring to the KMT's amendment of its "black-gold exclusion clause" during the KMT party congress on June 24.

Asked to comment on the possibility that some party national representatives could propose the abolishment of the regulation next week, Yu called upon all party members to refrain from initiating such a motion.

Doing so could pain Hsieh in a negative light, he said.

"I think the presidential candidate would not like this idea either," Yu said.

Lee Ying-yuan (李應元), manager of Hsieh's campaign, dismissed any knowledge of the proposal.
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