The China Post
Date: July 18, 2016
By: Stephanie Chao
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Sunday decided to further review a motion to abolish
President and Chairwoman of the DPP Tsai Ing-wen is seen voting for members of the Central Standing Committee at the annual party congress on Sunday. (CNA)
the Republic of China (R.O.C.) as well as a motion to abolish the DPP charter’s Taiwan independence clause.
The DPP’s national party congress on Sunday convened for the first time since President Tsai Ing-wen took office.
Tsai, who presided over the meeting in her capacity as president and as DPP chairwoman, heard a motion to strike the “Taiwan independence” clause from the party charter.
DPP representative Hsiao Chieh (蕭杰) and three other representatives suggested that Tsai’s cross-strait relations policy – which calls for maintaining the “status quo”— should replace Article 1 of the DPP charter passed in 1991.
Article 1 states that it is the party’s objective to establish a sovereign and independent Republic of Taiwan. [FULL STORY]
