Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) headquarters yesterday reached a consensus to prevent its Taipei mayoral candidate Clara Chou (周玉蔻) from making negative comments about Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) rival Frank Hsieh (謝長廷).
TSU headquarters also urged the DPP not to employ such tactics.
The headquarters arrived at the consensus at its Central Executive Committee meeting yesterday after a discussion concerning Chou's recent attacks on Hsieh and the DPP campaign for a "unified pan-green camp" in order to win the mayoral elections in the two cities.
Chou, who had been staging negative attacks on Hsieh in front of his campaign headquarters everyday, had drawn criticism from TSU Taipei City councilor candidates and the pan-green electorate.
TSU Chairman Shu Chin-chiang (蘇進強) told a press conference that although it was natural for members of the party to have different opinions, voters' suggestions and the public expectations should also be taken into account and respected by TSU candidates and officials.
"We cannot agree with negative campaigning by TSU candidates or those from other parties," Shu said, adding that he would take full responsibility for any disputes during the election campaign and the results of the elections.
Shu added that the DPP tried to promote an impression among the voters by saying that "the pan-green camp must be united and win the mayoral elections in Taipei and Kaohsiung so that Taiwan will win", but this strategy of equating the DPP to Taiwan would not help unite the nation but promote political opposition.
"Any party, even the DPP, is not equal to Taiwan, and the merit of the DPP's victory in elections does not equal to `Taiwan's merit'," Shu said. "The real merit of Taiwan means a Taiwan, where different communities, regardless of their political hue, are tolerated, right is distinguished from wrong and democracy is deeply rooted."
Shu added that the TSU would continue its support of Chou in the mayoral election and that any split within the party resulting from "deviant behavior" would not be tolerated.
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