The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday rebutted allegations from the pan-blue camp that the pan-green camp has dispatched people to blend in as volunteers recruited by the Taipei City Government for the Taipei International Flora Expo to sabotage the event.
The DPP issued the rebuttal after it learned of information that an allegation against the party was recently brought up at a Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) campaign meeting, during which some participants at the meeting suggested that the pan-green camp may have infiltrated the 30,000-strong group of volunteers whom the city government recruited for help at the expo.
PAN-GREEN SCHEME
Sources said people at the meeting warned the KMT to remain vigilant of possible acts against sabotage by the pan-green camp at the expo, aimed at damaging Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin’s (郝龍斌) re-election chances in the run-up to the Nov. 27 Taipei mayoral election.
Rejecting the allegation, DPP spokesperson Lin Yu-chang (林右昌) said that unlike the KMT, the DPP would not do such a thing, adding that the volunteers have nothing to do with the DPP as they were all chosen by the Taipei City Government.
KMT SCHEME
On the contrary, Lin said, the DPP had received a tip that the KMT may stage some sort of clash between pan-blue and pan-green supporters during the expo or at its planned rally for Hau on Nov. 21 before placing the blame on the DPP and smearing it as a violent party.
Lin called on DPP supporters not to fall into the KMT’s trap.
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