Constitution and the Cross-Strait Relations Statute: President Tsai Has to Fulfill What She Has Pledged!

Constitution and the Cross-Strait Relations Statute: President Tsai Has to Fulfill What She Has Pledged!

United Daily News Editorial (Taipei, Taiwan)

May 21, 2020

 Translation of an Excerpt

Tsai Ing-wen was sworn in yesterday, officially starting her second four-year term. Pinpointing cross-Strait relations, the President reiterated in her inaugural address "peace, parity, democracy, and dialogue", and would adhere to the principles of handling in accordance with the "Constitution of the Republic of China" and the "Statute Governing Cross-Strait Relations". With regard to the interior, she proposed four great development strategies for survival, i.e., industrial development, social stability, national security, and the deepening of democracy. At the same time, Tsai Ing-wen also foreshadowed the "establishment of a constitutional reform committee", indicating she would reform the Constitution to push for the restructuring of the Examination Yuan and the Control Yuan.

On the surface, these frameworks seem to be high-sounding and well-balanced, but in reality, every item is an arduous challenge and they gear up each other. We also have closely noticed President Tsai’s push for a constitutional reform committee, and hope it will never contravene the national identity in the Constitution of the Republic of China; otherwise, the Constitution, which has been considered as the "bottom line", would instead become the foundation for de jure Taiwan independence, leading to the inevitable collapse of cross-Strait relations, and bringing not development, but disaster.

We would like to remind President Tsai: Do not forget that "vox populi is like flowing water"; once the government betrays the people, inviting a backlash of the vox populi, then the flood waters can even destroy the Dragon God Temple.

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