Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) officials and political experts yesterday criticized Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou (
The DPP claimed that in the article, which was published in the blue-leaning China Times on Constitution Day last Sunday, Ma smeared the government for its constitutional reform efforts and tried to justify the KMT's rule of Taiwan for the last half century.
DPP secretary-general Lee Yi-yang (
Lee made the remarks at a forum yesterday which was held to discuss the difficulties of current constitutional reforms.
In his article, Ma denounced President Chen Shui-bian (
Lee said that Ma has intentionally omitted the contributions to democracy made by opposition members during the tang wai (outside the party) period and by former president Lee Teng-hui (
Referring to the latest poll conducted by the DPP, Chen Ming-tong (
"In this regard, it is obvious that Ma, who opposed the government's constitutional reforms in his article, violated his supporters' wishes," Chen Ming-tung said.
Chen Yi-shen (陳儀深), an associate research fellow at the Academia Sinica's Institute of Modern History, said that it is a joke for Ma to pursue "linking Taiwan with China," as Ma has been denying former president Lee Teng-hui's efforts to "localize" the KMT during his 12 years as president.
"If Ma really wants the KMT to become more connected with the people of Taiwan, he has to get rid of his obsolete thinking, which is deeply influenced by the two dictators Chiang Ching-kuo (
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