ASSETS DONATION:Former secretary-general Lee Shu-chuan said the KMT’s assets have been a constant source of criticism and a ‘cash machine’ for the opposition
Taipei Times
Date: Apr 04, 2016
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) should abrogate the party’s annual forum with the
Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and donate all party assets except for those that it legally acquired, former KMT secretary-general Lee Shu-chuan (李四川) said in a party reform proposal.
Lee compiled the report after 21 forums with the KMT’s local cadres and campaign staff across the nation from Feb. 19 to March 23, following the party’s landslide defeats in the Jan. 16 presidential and legislative elections.
Nominated as secretary-general in January last year by then-KMT chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫), Lee submitted the report to newly sworn-in KMT Chairperson Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱) before his term ended late last month.
The report listed 14 reasons presented at the forums for the KMT’s electoral failure, including the party’s controversial assets, which it said have been a constant target of and a “cash machine” for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). [FULL STORY]