Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou (
The presentation, organized by the Central Election Commission, gave the two candidates an opportunity to expound on their policy platforms and vision in two 15-minute shifts each.
Calling the period between 1993 and 1996 when Ma was minister of justice the "darkest time in the history of Taiwan's public order," Hsieh questioned Ma' s ability to run the country.
"In 1994, former Pingtung County Council speaker Cheng Tai-chi (
The number of violent incidents doubled from an average of 7,000 in the previous years to 16,489 in 1994, Hsieh said.
The county will continue to be wracked by political division if Ma is elected president as Ma faces the same problems as President Chen Shui-bian (
Hsieh also alleged that Ma and his wife still hold US permanent resident status.
Ma in turn slammed Hsieh for spending too much time in attacking him and his family members and too little time in discussing public policies.
"Hsieh' s critiques of my cross-strait common market are a reflection of his lack of confidence in the Taiwanese public," Ma said.
Unlike Hsieh, Ma said, he could aggressively push for an expansion of cross-strait trade relations because of his belief in the Taiwanese public.
The CEC will hold another televised presentation on Monday during which the two vice presidential candidates -- the DPP's Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) and the KMT's Vincent Siew (蕭萬長) -- will present their campaign platform.
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