DPP’s presidential candidate said to bury head in the sand

 DPP’s presidential candidate said to bury head in the sand

Source: KMT News

  2015/11/09

Irresponsible remarks by Democratic Progressive Party Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen on a recent summit between ROC President Ma Ying-jeou and CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping in Singapore have showed that she lacks the horizon of being a presidential candidate.

According to the spokesperson office of Kuomintang presidential candidate Eric Chu, Tsai confused the public by accusing President Ma of failing to mention the existence of the Republic of China during his meeting with Xi on November 7  

Chu’s office said President Ma did clearly tell news media – after his summit with Xi and during an interview with local news media – that he had mentioned “the Republic of China” in front of the CCP leader.

President Ma also twice referred to the ROC in the context of the “ROC Constitution,” and talked of “one China, respective interpretations” during his meeting with Xi, the office said, noting these can be read through the full text of his speech released by the Mainland Affairs Council on November 9.

“If Chairperson Tsai really accepts the ROC constitutional system, she should be delighted to hear what the President has said, but regretfully, she pretends not to hear that by burying her head in the sand in an attempt to confuse the public,” the office said.

“This deviation from facts shows that she not only lacks the horizon of being a presidential candidate, but also fails to convince the public she has the ability to handle cross-strait relations,” the office added.

Tsai made the comments on her Facebook post on November 8. She also criticized that what President Ma said in his meeting with Xi served only to slowly steering Taiwan away from its status quo.

Chu’s office, however, said Tsai is not in the position to make such a criticism, given that she has never clearly expressed what sort of Taiwan’s status quo she is in mind.

“Without the ‘1992 consensus,’ how would it be possible for Chairperson Tsai to maintain the status quo?” the office said, adding Ma-Xi summit represents a new milestone for peaceful development of cross-strait relations.

It said in his upcoming visit to the United States, Chu will talk to the US side on the KMT’s cross-strait, regional peace, East Asian security, economic and defense policies so that they will have a better understanding of the party’s policies.

“The solid and dependable policies of the KMT should be able to obtain support of the majority of the public,” the office noted.

Chu will leave for the US on November 10 for a weeklong visit, during which he will stop at Los Angeles, Washington DC, New York and San Francisco. He will exchange views with US officials, take part in a closed-door seminar at Brookings Institution and accept an exclusive interview with the Washington Post during his stay in Washington. He will also give an interview to the Voice of America in New York and meet with Taiwanese communities in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. 

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