Vice President Annette Lu (
Lu encouraged the special task force to reveal the facts of the case as soon as possible in order to answer the public's questions.
"If the law supports the Control Yuan's request, I would like to attend any investigative hearings as a victim in the case," Lu said on a chartered plane that was carrying her and her delegation to El Salvador.
"I hope that the task force will make every effort to arrive at the truth and keep the public informed of what is going on," Lu said.
"The longer it takes for the truth to come out, the worse it is for the government," Lu said.
The Control Yuan announced last week that it might invite the vice president to aid the investigation by relating her account of the assassination attempt.
Lu, on a state visit to three Central American countries, arrived yesterday in San Salvador, El Salvador's capital, after a two-day stopover in Las Vegas, Nevada.
She was asked by the media to comment on the Control Yuan's request for her cooperation. She said she hoped that the special task force would achieve breakthroughs when she returns home after her two-week trip.
On behalf of Chen, Lu will attend the inauguration of Salvadoran president-elect Elias Antonio Saca today.
The Salvadoran government held a welcoming ceremony for Lu and her entourage when their plane arrived at San Salvador's international airport.
In front of the hotel where Lu was to stay, more than 100 overseas Taiwanese waved Republic of China flags and chanted slogans to welcome the vice president.
Lu and her entourage will visit a residential community on the outskirts of San Salvador tomorrow. The community was built by Taiwan's largest charity -- the Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation -- to accommodate displaced people after two devastating earthquakes rocked the country in 2001.
Lu will also meet with outgoing Salvadoran President Francisco Guillermo Flores Perez and president-elect Saca to discuss the two countries' relationship.
On the last day of her stopover in Las Vegas, Lu toured the Guggenheim Heritage Museum -- instead of the Hoover Dam, as had been planned.
Reporters were told that the change in plans came about after a doctor expressed concern about the injury that Lu had suffered in the assassination attempt.
The Hoover Dam, one of the largest dams in the world, is located on the Arizona-Nevada border about 35km from Las Vegas.
During her Guggenheim tour in downtown Las Vegas, Lu talked with museum officials about the prospects for Taichung becoming the first city in Asia to host a Guggenheim Museum.
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