POWER OF WORDS:The DPP’s support of limitations, such as the definition of sovereign territory in the Constitution, robs Taiwanese of their rights, the Formosa Alliance said
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 01, 2018
By: Su Fun-her and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The Formosa Alliance plans to hold a rally in Taipei on Oct. 20 to protest against Chinese
New Power Party Chairman Huang Kuo-chang, third left, speaks during a news conference held by the Formosa Alliance in Taipei yesterday. The conference was also attended by pro-Taiwanese independence figures, including Taiwan Radical Wings Chairman Chen Yi-chi, first left, Social Democratic Party Convener Fan Yun, second left, alliance convener Kuo Pei-hung, fourth left, and Free Taiwan Party Chairman Tsay Ting-Kuei, fifth left.
Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei Times
bullying and promote Taiwan’s right of self-determination.
The group yesterday also called for the public to support its proposed Taiwanese independence referendum.
The Referendum Act (公民投票法), amended in December last year, lowered the support threshold for referendum proposals and signature drives to pass, but limitations on constitutional amendments and the definition of a sovereign territory were left untouched, alliance convener Kuo Pei-hung (郭倍宏) said yesterday.
The problem with the definition of sovereign territory stems from the language used in the Constitution — “Sovereign territory of the Republic of China will comply with its inherent boundaries.”
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