Former President Lee Teng-hui insists Taiwan must amend constitution

Lee: Taiwan must begin making changes with the aim to become a recognized nation in the global political arena

Taiwan News 
Date: 2017/12/03
By: Duncan DeAeth, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Former President Lee Teng-hui made an appearance at a banquet hosted by the

President Lee Teng-Hui speaks at TAUP banquet, Dec. 2 (By Central News Agency)

Taiwan Association of University Professors on Saturday Dec. 2, where he offered his own political wisdom for Taiwan moving forward.

The former president said that facing a new era with new challenges, Taiwan must begin making changes with the aim to become a recognized nation in the global political arena.

To achieve this, he emphasized, constitutional reform is of paramount importance. However the president also added that when a single political party is incapable of enacting such amendments, an attitude of cooperation must be adopted, according to the report from CNA.

Speaking on China-Taiwan relations, Lee said that China has long had its own vision for the future of Taiwan, but that Taiwanese people should ask the question “What vision do we have for our own future?”
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