Pro-independence organizations said yesterday they would hold an anti-government demonstration in Kaohsiung on May 17 to complement a rally planned by the DPP in Taipei.
The groups said they would demonstrate on May 17 in protest of the government’s China policies.
At a joint press conference, the groups said it would be difficult to rent enough buses to send people in central and southern Taiwan who wanted to demonstrate to the rally in Taipei. For this reason, they would organize a rally in Kaohsiung on the same day.
Former presidential adviser Koo Kuang-min (辜寬敏) said the DPP and pro-independence groups could find only 1,000 buses to take people to Taipei, whereas if a rally were held in Kaohsiung, it would likely attract more than 100,000.
Koo said those who would like to demonstrate but live in Taichung or north of Taichung could go to Taipei, while those who live south of Taichung could go to the Kaohsiung rally.
World United Formosans for Independence chairman Ng Chiau-tong (黃昭堂) said the proposed rally in Kaohsiung was not intended as a boycott of the DPP, but was meant to complement the rally.
On whether the Kaohsiung demonstration could detract from the rally in Taipei, DPP Secretary-General Wu Nai-jen (吳乃仁) said the protest in the capital was the main event.
The party would ask its supporters to join the Taipei rally, he said, and did not anticipate any problems.
“The DPP has held many rallies over the last 20 years and it hasn’t been difficult for people from around the country to gather in Taipei,” he said.
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