Five Questions for DPP Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen

News Release

Five Questions for DPP Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen

KMT Cultural and Communications Committee

December 22, 2009

On the eve of the fourth Chiang-Chen Meeting, KMT Spokesman Lee Chien-jung proposed five questions for DPP Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen.  One.  Chairperson Tsai must identify which of the four issues slated to be addressed during the fourth Chiang-Chen Meeting will “sell Taiwan out?” Which accord will undermine Taiwan’s sovereignty?  The KMT hereby asks Chairperson Tsai to point that issue out.  If Chairperson Tsai’s point has any validity, there is still time to make revisions before any accords are formally signed.  The KMT hopes that Chairperson Tsai is not merely opposing the Chiang-Chen Meeting for the sake of objection and resorting to vapid political slogans.

Two.  Agreements on the avoidance of double taxation for Taiwan businessmen on the Mainland and cross-Strait fishing-vessel crew management and cooperation have been slated to be signed at the fourth Chiang-Chen Meeting. The DPP also pushed for such agreements when it was in power from 2000 to 2008.  Since the DPP supported these policies in the past, why does the DPP oppose them now?

Three. Chairperson Tsai previously served as a public functionary and engaged in international negotiations.  She also served as the Chairperson of the Mainland Affairs Council.  Did Chairperson Tsai ever show her hand before formal negotiations?  Had Chairperson Tsai been confident that she could successfully negotiate every deal?  Had any of the international negotiations or talks between the Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF) and Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) which Tsai presided over been more transparent than the fourth Chiang-Chen Meeting?

Four. Since Chairperson Tsai questioned the wisdom of the proposed Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), does Chairperson Tsai or the DPP have any alternative initiative in mind?  Had the DPP administration been able to ink any Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US, Japan, the European Union, or ASEAN countries during its eight years in power?  Is the DPP administration happy to see Taiwan being marginalized and even willing to force enterprises to leave Taiwan due to their failure to sign any economic cooperation agreements with any major economies?

Five. Is it true that Chairperson Tsai is accusing President Ma of refusing to communicate with the opposition party?  Is it President Ma Ying-jeou who is refusing to talk with Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen or Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen who is refusing to talk with President Ma Ying-jeou?  The KMT would like Chairperson Tsai to make a public statement to the media to address this issue honestly and cease spreading lies and distorting the facts.  President Ma had previously instructed then Secretary-General of the Presidential Office Chan Chun-po to personally contact the DPP and express the President’s desire to meet with Chairperson Tsai to exchange views on national policies.  Who is the one refusing to meet for talks, Chairperson Tsai?

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