Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice presidential candidate Su Tseng-chang (
Thanking Lee for his remarks, Su said Lee was a seasoned politician with great prestige and that the party would determine whether there are things it should improve.
"Lee has the DPP's best interests at heart and we must take his warning seriously so that this does not actually happen," Su said.
Lee said on Saturday that in a DPP and the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) face-off in the legislative elections, the DPP could lose so much it would have to "pull its pants down."
Such a scenario would put the very existence of a government made up of native-born Taiwanese at stake, Lee said.
Referring to the new "one district, two votes" electoral system, Lee called on Taiwanese to cast their second ballot in favor of the political parties that are upholding the pro-localization drive.
Only the combined power of the DPP and the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) can maintain the political status of native-born Taiwanese, he said.
Echoing Lee's comments, TSU Chairman Huang Kun-huei (
"The two upcoming elections are battles to safeguard the political establishment of native-born Taiwanese," he said.
"The DPP and the TSU must work together to win the legislative elections and secure a victory by DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh (
With Hsieh and his KMT opponent Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) at loggerheads over campaign issues, Huang said yesterday that debate over issues of national identification would come naturally if the economy were handled properly.
Hsieh has invited Ma to debate the UN membership bid, while Ma has said Hsieh should discuss the economy instead.
Huang yesterday urged Taiwanese to vote for the TSU to allow it to continue playing a balancing role between the DPP and the KMT.
Taiwan would benefit from more integrated military strategies and deployments if the US and its allies treat the East China Sea, the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea as a “single theater of operations,” a Taiwanese military expert said yesterday. Shen Ming-shih (沈明室), a researcher at the Institute for National Defense and Security Research, said he made the assessment after two Japanese military experts warned of emerging threats from China based on a drill conducted this month by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Eastern Theater Command. Japan Institute for National Fundamentals researcher Maki Nakagawa said the drill differed from the
‘WORSE THAN COMMUNISTS’: President William Lai has cracked down on his political enemies and has attempted to exterminate all opposition forces, the chairman said The legislature would motion for a presidential recall after May 20, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) said yesterday at a protest themed “against green communists and dictatorship” in Taipei. Taiwan is supposed to be a peaceful homeland where people are united, but President William Lai (賴清德) has been polarizing and tearing apart society since his inauguration, Chu said. Lai must show his commitment to his job, otherwise a referendum could be initiated to recall him, he said. Democracy means the rule of the people, not the rule of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), but Lai has failed to fulfill his
A rally held by opposition parties yesterday demonstrates that Taiwan is a democratic country, President William Lai (賴清德) said yesterday, adding that if opposition parties really want to fight dictatorship, they should fight it on Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) held a protest with the theme “against green communists and dictatorship,” and was joined by the Taiwan People’s Party. Lai said the opposition parties are against what they called the “green communists,” but do not fight against the “Chinese communists,” adding that if they really want to fight dictatorship, they should go to the right place and face
A 79-year-old woman died today after being struck by a train at a level crossing in Taoyuan, police said. The woman, identified by her surname Wang (王), crossed the tracks even though the barriers were down in Jhongli District’s (中壢) Neili (內壢) area, the Taoyuan Branch of the Railway Police Bureau said. Surveillance footage showed that the railway barriers were lowered when Wang entered the crossing, but why she ventured onto the track remains under investigation, the police said. Police said they received a report of an incident at 6:41am involving local train No. 2133 that was heading from Keelung to Chiayi City. Investigators
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