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PRESIDENT CRITICIZES LIEN CHAN's REMARKS AT IDU CONGRESS IN
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For
immediate release June 14, 2002
In an open
letter to Kuomintang chairman Lien Chan, FAPA President Ming-chi
Wu
today expressed disappointment about Lien's remarks at the
International
Democrat Union meeting in Washington D.C. earlier this week
In his letter, Wu criticizes the fact that Lien used an
international forum to
vent his own political frustrations.
Wu writes: "Although we realize that you were merely
representing your own
Kuomintang party, as a political leader of a country, one
should not bring
partisan politics to the international community."
"Your criticism of your own country and its president
in front of Republican
Party officials and International Democrat Union members
was uncalled for and
does not benefit the respected reputation of Taiwan as one
of the few
democratic countries in the East Asia Pacific region."
Wu concludes with stating that "In 2000, President
Chen Shui-bian was elected
"of the people, for the people and by the people."
And if the people of Taiwan
through Taiwan's democratic process decide to reelect President
Chen in 2004
again, this will be an expression of the will of the people.
It might be a loss
for you and for your KMT party, but it will be a triumph
for democracy."
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