A coalition of blue-collar workers and unionists yesterday demanded Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Frank Hsieh (
Holding banners that read "The hard-working people are not pigs, dogs and other animals," the Action Alliance for Opposing a Referendum on UN Membership for Taiwan staged a protest outside the DPP's headquarters.
The protesters demanded Hsieh apologize to all workers for making improper comments. They also demanded the DPP apologize for ignoring the plight of workers and for pushing the referendum on UN membership.
PHOTO: PATRICK LIN, AFP
Last Saturday Hsieh said: "We are not pigs or other animals who do not care about the next generation and how to win the respect of others," in response to Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) rival Ma Ying-jeou's (
Ma said Hsieh should discuss the economy instead, quoting former US president Bill Clinton's 2000 campaign slogan -- "It's the economy, stupid!"
Alliance members pinned the skin from a pig's head on a DPP flag. The described DPP officials as "pig-headed politicians" and the DPP's referendum proposal as a "pig-headed referendum."
The protesters clashed with police when they tried to enter the building to present the pigskin. They wrapped it up in the DPP flag and threw it over the police lines.
An alliance member, Labor Party Chairman Wu Rong-yuan (吳榮元) called on Hsieh and the DPP to pay attention to the plight of the working class because they represented the voice of grassroots voters.
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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