The secretary-generals of the KMT and the PFP reached a four-point consensus yesterday on creating a framework for inter-party cooperation.
PFP Secretary-General Tsai Chung-hsiung (
It marked the first high-level inter-party meeting since KMT Chairman Lien Chan (連戰) and PFP Chairman James Soong (宋楚瑜) announced last Friday that their parties will team up for next year's presidential election.
According to the consensus, the parties will form a working panel to discuss the technical details of establishing a joint decision-making body for their alliance.
The parties will also create a communication hot line, produce joint news releases and a mechanism to coordinate announcements, Tsai said.
Before the proposed joint decision-making body's inception, Tsai went on, the parties' legislative caucuses will streng-then dialogue and consultation on terms for inter-party collaboration.
"We'll also ask our parties' top leaders to invite senior party workers and legislative whips to exchange views regularly and to beef up our partnership," Tsai said, adding that the first meeting is expected to be held next week.
Speaking on the same occasion, Lin said that the joint decision-making body will create four working panels to handle policy initiatives, election affairs, legislative operations and campaign publicity.
Lin stressed that the alliance is mainly aimed at upgrading the quality of the nation's democracy and its national competitiveness through open competition, not at engaging in a zero-sum showdown with the DPP.
Meanwhile, DPP Secretary-General Chang Chun-hsiung (
He told reporters that the issue was not taken up at that day's meeting of the DPP Central Standing Committee.
Chang said the DPP administration will focus its energies on stimulating the economy and conducting reforms to win the support of the people.
He also noted that an investigation into a scandal last winter involving the election of the speaker of the Kaohsiung city council and the government's calls for the removal of political and military influence from the nation's media demonstrate the government's resolve to reform.
In next year's presidential election, President Chen Shui-bian (
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