The China Post
Date: September 3, 2016
By: Yuan-Ming Chiao
The opposition Kuomintang (KMT) said Friday it will play a “supporting role on the sidelines” in
KMT Culture and Communications Committee Chair Chou Chih-wei, left, and deputy chair Hu Wen-chi, during a press conference held at party headquarters in Taipei. (Yuan-Ming Chiao, The China Post)
demonstrations planned by retired civil servants for Armed Forces Day on Saturday.
Opposition chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱) said she and other party officials will situate themselves near Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall (中正紀念堂) to lend support to the protest in front of the Presidential Office.
But officials said they would refrain from active participation, contending their presence would divert attention away from the issue of pension reform.
Organizers representing retired civil servants, teachers and veterans hope to rally 100,000 in protest at the Tsai administration’s pension reforms.
The demonstrators say they view the government’s actions as “bullying” and an attempt to “vilify” public sector workers. [FULL STORY]