The pan-blue alliance is planning another mass demonstration at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall today to demand that the government reveal the truth about President Chen Shui-bian's (
While Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan (
Taipei Major Ma Ying-jeou (
According to the pan-blue camp's application to stage the demonstration, it will be attended by no more than 500 people, but the alliance has since claimed that the demonstration could attract as many as 50,000 people.
"While we recognize that we applied to stage an event with 500 people, we can't stop people who voluntarily join our appeal and show up at the event, " said KMT spokesman Alex Tsai (蔡正元).
Challenging the election result, the pan-blue alliance made three demands during the demonstrations that started at the Presidential Office on March 21 and later moved to the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall.
The demands are: an immediate recount of votes, the creation of an independent task force to investigate the assassination attempt on the eve of the election, and issues relating to the activation of a national security mechanism following the attack.
Meanwhile, in response to speculation about why the police turned down a request by Tu Chieh-teh (
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