Taipei Times
Date: Sep 19, 2017
By: Staff writer, with CNA
The Local Council Alliance for A-bian’s Amnesty yesterday said that 85 percent of its
Members of the Local Council Alliance for A-bian’s Amnesty pose at a news conference in Taipei yesterday. Photo: CNA
members have signed a petition in favor of former president Chen Shui-bian’s (陳水扁) pardon.
“A-bian” is Chen’s nickname.
There are 505 valid signatures, meaning that 85 percent of the 591 active Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) representatives have signed, said Kaohsiung City Councilor Hsiao Jung-ta (蕭永達), who also signed the petition.
Hsiao said he is confident Chen will be pardoned, since the DPP is the governing party and it is clear from the number of signatures that the party supports it.
Chen’s contributions far outshadow his crimes and the resources he left behind for the DPP outweigh the debt, he added. [FULL STORY]
