Taipei Times
Date: May 24, 2015 – Page 3　
By: Lii Wen  /  Staff reporter

Human rights lawyer Lai Chung-chiang (賴中強) said on Friday that emerging “third force” political parties — such as the Green Party, Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the New Power Party (NPP) — should carefully consider their relationships with the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

Lai questioned recent remarks from veteran political activist Lin I-hsiung (林義雄), who on Friday said that the DPP should yield at least 30 constituencies to minor parties in next year’s legislative elections.

Basing their campaigns on “begging for constituencies” from the DPP would make it impossible for emerging political parties to monitor the actions of a future DPP administration, Lai said.     [FULL  STORY]