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For
Immediate Release
March 26, 2004
FAPA
EXTENDS CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT CHEN AND VICE-PRESIDENT LU
In
a letter dated March 26, 2004, FAPA's President Ming-chi Wu
congratulated Taiwan's President Chen Shui-bian and Vice-President
Annette Lu with their election victory.
Wu
writes: “On behalf of all FAPA members, I write to you today to
congratulate you with your election as President and Vice-President
of Taiwan.”
Wu
concludes: “We know that under your leadership Taiwan as a beacon
of freedom, human rights and democracy will continue to shine
brightly in this new millennium.”
Ming-chi
Wu adds, “Taiwanese Americans living in the United States went
through a similar elections dispute between the Gore and Bush camps
four years ago. They know that despite the narrowness of an election
result, the defeated should respect the democratic system and the
legal mechanism, and honorably move on. That is the true spirit of a
democracy. The Taiwanese opposition should learn from this."
【FAPA
新聞稿】
【2004年3月26日】
台灣人公共事務會恭賀陳總統與呂副總統再度連任
台灣人公共事務會於今日致函陳水扁總統，恭賀陳總統與呂副總統再度連任。
台灣人公共事務會會長吳明基在賀函中表示：「我謹代表所有在全美各地的FAPA會員們，在今天恭喜您當選台灣的總統與副總統。」
這封賀函最後表示：「我們知道，在您的領導之下，代表著自由、人權與民主基石的台灣，將繼續在這個新世紀裡閃亮地照耀著！」
吳明基表示：「居住在美國的台僑們都經歷過四年前高爾與小布希的選舉爭端，理應比任何人都還瞭解，所謂『雖敗猶榮』，不管最後開票結果差距有多小，敗選的一方都應該遵從民主制度與法治機制，並且有風度的承認失敗。這才是民主的真諦
。我們也希望台灣的反對黨能夠以此做借鏡，早日結束抗爭，還給台灣社會一個安定與平靜。」
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March
26, 2004
President
Chen Shui-bian
Office
of the President
122
Section 1, Chung-chin South Road
Taipei,
Taiwan
Dear
President Chen and Vice-President Lu:
On
behalf of all FAPA members, I write to you today to congratulate you
with your election as President and Vice-President of Taiwan. Now
that the Central Election Commission has certified the election
result we also extend our congratulations to the people of Taiwan
for their historic March 20 vote to strengthen democracy in Taiwan.
We
know that -in your second term as President of Taiwan- you will
continue to be a strong advocate for the people of Taiwan, and we
welcome the opportunity to work with you and to help build even
stronger links between the United States and Taiwan.
Our
thoughts and prayers are with you and we stand with you as you
strive to retain the democratic rights and way of life you so richly
deserve and for which you have so valiantly fought.
We
know that under your leadership Taiwan as a beacon of freedom, human
rights and democracy will continue to shine brightly in this new
millennium.
Sincerely,
Ming-chi
Wu, Ph.D.
President,
FAPA
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