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TSU to stage rally against economic policies on Aug. 20

The Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) will stage a demonstration next month to protest against the government’s policy of increased opening to China.

TSU Chairman Huang Kun-huei (黃昆輝) said on Thursday the party would lead a rally to the Ministry of Economic Affairs on Aug. 20 — three months after the inauguration of President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) administration — to protest against its economic policy.

The party would demand that the ministry come up with measures to increase incomes and investment in Taiwan, he said.

Huang said that over the past two months, Ma has adopted a more open economic policy toward China, which he described as a “bloodletting” policy and a “death blow” to the nation’s vulnerable economy.

He said that continued capital flight to China would undermine Taiwan’s economic growth, resulting in rising unemployment, a widening gap between the rich and the poor and rising fuel prices.

Asked whether he would inform Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Chairwoman Lai Shin-yuan (賴幸媛) — a TSU member — about the party’s stance, he said that Ma had already bypassed the council’s decision-making process to make his own decisions, citing what he claimed was “Ma’s decision” to allow Taiwanese businesspeople to set up 12-inch wafer fabs in China as an example.

“If the MAC has not fulfilled its duties, the TSU will point out its faults,” Huang said, adding that he was sure “Lai understands the TSU’s stance.”
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