Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/28
By: Lu Hsin-hui and Kuo Chung-han

Taipei, Sept. 28 (CNA) The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) should consider the interests of the Taiwanese people and adopt a clear and definite cross-strait policy to avoid reacting passively to Beijing’s moves, a founding member of the party said Wednesday.

Speaking on the party’s 30th anniversary, Hsu Jung-shu (許榮淑) said the DPP “is not a rookie anymore” and should “make contributions to the Taiwanese people,” since the party has won the reins of government for the second time and holds a legislative majority for the first time.

On Sept. 28, 1986, 132 people took an oath at the Grand Hotel in Taipei to found the DPP, at a time when Taiwan was still under martial-law rule and the establishment of political parties was not allowed. Hsu was one of the 18 people on the organizing committee that founded the party.

The DPP had planned to hold an expanded meeting of its central standing committee at the Grand Hotel on Wednesday, inviting all 18 members of the organizing committee to gather for a reunion.     [FULL  STORY]