6EXCHANGE:Critics of the KMT’s ‘peace policy’ have said it is an attempt by Chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu to move the party closer to the ‘one China, same interpretation’ concept
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 31, 2016
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
The majority of Taiwanese support the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) new policy
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Central Policy Committee director Alex Tsai speaks at a news conference in Taipei yesterday, outlining the itinerary for KMT Chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu’s China trip. Photo: Huang Yao-cheng, Taipei Times
platform that aims to end cross-strait hostility through a peace accord, despite it sparking heated debates within the party, the results of KMT surveys released yesterday showed.
KMT Culture and Communications Committee deputy director Hung Meng-kai (洪孟楷) said a survey conducted by a private polling center at the KMT’s behest on Aug. 28 and Aug. 29 found that 51.5 percent of the 1,078 respondents supported the KMT’s new policy platform, while 20.2 percent did not.
“They were asked whether they think the KMT should put forward a ‘peace-centered policy platform,’ one that endeavors to further the [so-called] ‘1992 consensus’ based on the foundation of the Republic of China [ROC] Constitution and actively explore the possibility of putting an end to cross-strait hostility through a peace accord,” Hung told a news conference at the KMT headquarters in Taipei.
Hung said another telephone-based poll carried out from Oct. 21 to Tuesday last week that queried more than 600,000 Taiwanese also yielded a similar result. [FULL STORY]
