Just two days after the party primaries, the DPP's New Era Institute faction (新世紀辦公室) yesterday lambasted the New Tide faction (新潮流系) -- the biggest winner in the elections -- accusing it of being an obstacle to the DPP's political ideals.
"The way the New Tide faction feathers its nest by taking advantage of the ruling party's resources is like the proliferation of cancer cells," leader of the New Era Institute faction Chang Chun-hung (
Chang, a member of the party's Formosa generation (
Chang said the party's older and younger generations had been sidelined by the New Tide faction and other middle-aged members of the government.
"[For them], focusing on a faction is easy. But to focus on the faction alone ... and to use that approach to run a country is dangerous," Chang said.
Chang also said that people would become impatient with the DPP government if it achieved nothing in its second year at the country's helm.
In response to Chang's remarks, the leader of the New Tide faction, Hong Chi-chang (
"The DPP should focus on winning a landslide victory in the year-end elections. Don't put factional interests ahead of the party," Hong said yesterday at the legislature.
While both Chang and Hong tried to downplay the importance of factional interests, their clash is typical of the infighting that goes on between the DPP's factions, especially following elections.
Because of its better organization, the New Tide faction was predicted to come out on top in the elections.
Even before the primary, party factions, including the Justice Alliance (
But a lack of strategic cooperation made it difficult for the Ruling Alliance to counteract the New Tide, which only recently rose to the dominant position it currently has within the party.
Expressing his concerns that the New Tide may oppose President Chen Shui-bian's (
Shortly after Wu was appointed to his position last July he lashed out at then newly appointed premier Tang Fei (
Tang spent several days afterwards in the hospital, in what was at the time dubbed a "political holiday."
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