The Cabinet will soon make public the final draft of the achievements made by the DPP government over the past three years, as the party gears up efforts to campaign for President Chen Shui-bian
"It's like the report card of the freshman DPP government and we'll make public the final version at an appropriate time in the future," said a Cabinet official, who asked not to be named.
According to the official, the Cabinet has finished drafting the report and is soliciting opinions from agencies concerned.
"We've distributed copies of the report to related ministries, DPP headquarters, the DPP legislative caucus and the Presidential Office to solicit their opinions so we can make adjustments accordingly," said the official.
According to the official, the report will comprise 19 chapters, each of of which covers either Chen's election promises or Premier Yu Shyi-kun's public pledges and instructions. The 19 chapters reports on include national security, human rights, education, minority groups, social welfare, tourism and transportation.
While the 400-plus page report will focus on the achievements made by the government over the past three years, it will downplay the government's not-so-perfect performance in several reform initiatives, such as education, finance and the economy, the official said.
While the Executive Yuan's role in the election campaign is to promote the achievements of the government, the official said, the DPP legislative caucus will focus on attacking the opposition KMT's and PFP's efforts to stifle the bills initiated by the government.
On the issue of national identity and sovereignty, the DPP -- of which Chen is the party chairman -- will use his idea of "one country on either side" of the Taiwan Strait to counter the opposition parties' "one China" formula.
Meanwhile, to court overseas voters, DPP headquarters' Deputy Secretary-General Lee Ying-yuan (
According to Lee, the purpose of his trip is to kick off the party's campaign activities for next year's presidential election in overseas communities.
Lee is also scheduled to attend the annual summer conference of Taiwanese Americans along with Tsai Ming-hsien (蔡明憲), a former DPP lawmaker who is now Taiwan's deputy representative in the US.
Both Lee and Tsai are scheduled to speak on various issues, including next year's presidential election and US-Taiwan relations.
To woo women voters at home, the Taipei City Chapter of the DPP yesterday launched the Taiwan New Era Woman's Association.
According to Huang Ching-lin (黃慶林), director of the party's Taipei chapter, the new association has 14 chapters established in the city's 12 administrative regions.
"Our goal is to see each chapter garner at least 50 supporters," Huang said.
"With the sound operation of the organization, we hope it'll help the president win in his re-election bid," Huang said.
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