ROC LABEL: The Formosa Alliance urged Taiwanese to demand a referendum on independence, saying now is the time to vote because the nation has international support
Taipei Times
Date: Apr 07, 2018
By: Lee Hsin-fang and Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Overseas supporters of the Formosa Alliance’s (喜樂島聯盟) proposal for an independence
An advertisement in support of the Formosa Alliance, paid for by overseas Taiwanese, is pictured yesterday in the Chinese-language Liberty Times (the Taipei Times’ sister newspaper). Photo: Taipei Times
referendum and the nation’s participation in the UN under the name “Taiwan” yesterday ran a full-page newspaper advertisement in Taiwan announcing their support.
The advertisement in the Chinese-language Liberty Times (sister newspaper of the Taipei Times) printed the names of 1,350 leaders of overseas Taiwanese groups who support the alliance’s appeals, including All Japan Taiwanese Union president Chao Chung-cheng (趙中正), Taiwanese Canadian Association of Toronto president Douglas Chiang (江文基), Taiwanese Association of America president Cheng Shao-fang (鄭劭方) and former World Federation of Taiwanese Associations Europe chapter president Lu jung-chieh (盧榮杰).
Formosa TV (FTV, 民視) chairman Kuo Pei-hung (郭倍宏) on Feb. 28 announced plans for the alliance’s establishment along with politicians who support Taiwanese independence, including former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝), former president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) and former vice president Annette Lu (呂秀蓮).
The alliance has called for amendments to the Referendum Act (公民投票法) and is pushing for an independence referendum on April 6 next year, as well as Taiwan’s inclusion in the UN under the name “Taiwan.” [FULL STORY]
