Chen Shui-bian hopes Taiwan Action Party Alliance can secure Legislative Yuan spots in January’s election

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/11/20
By: Ching-Tse Cheng, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Former Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) said Wednesday (Nov.

20) that he will climb to the top of Yushan if the Taiwan Action Party Alliance (TAPA, 一邊一國行動黨) can win seats in the Legislative Yuan in the 2020 legislative elections.

Chen's son, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) city councilor for Kaohsiung Chen Chih-chung (陳致中), recently stirred up controversy after carrying Taiwan's Independence flag to the main peak of Yushan, which has an elevation of 3,952 meters above sea level. This prompted Kuomintang (KMT) legislator Lee Ming-hsien (李明賢) to state that politics should not be brought into national parks, and he has reported the move to the administrative office of Yushan.
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