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Put Taiwan back on track, Chen urges
‘FOR OUR CHILDREN’:
The former president said that while he would not attend a rally aimed at pressuring the KMT to boost the economy, his heart would be there
By Ko Shu-Ling
STAFF REPORTER
Friday, Aug 29, 2008, Page 3
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Huang Chin-lin, third right, director of the Democratic Progressive Party’s Taipei branch, and party supporters yesterday call on the public to participate in a demonstration scheduled for tomorrow.
PHOTO: FANG PIN-CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
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Former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) yesterday encouraged people to put Taiwan back on course by participating in a demonstration organized by pro-localization and other civic organizations tomorrow.
The goal of the rally is to pressure the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) government to improve the economy, protect national sovereignty and pass “sunshine laws.”
Chen said that although he would not be participating, his heart would be with the demonstrators.
“One hundred days have passed [since President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) took office]. How many days can Taiwan afford to lose?” he said in a statement issued yesterday. “For the sake of Taiwan and our children, we must turn out and help Taiwan return to the proper path.”
Although the economy has weakened over the past 100 days, the Ma administration’s China-friendly policy was much more worrying, Chen said.
The administration’s pro-China attitude had created an unprecedented crisis for Taiwan’s sovereignty and national security, he said.
Chen said the former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration had for eight years insisted on opposing China, rejecting unification and protecting Taiwan.
The KMT government, however, continued to regard China as the motherland and was making an effort to reach its ultimate goal of unification with China, he said.
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