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Taipei Times
Date: Sep 10, 2017
By: Su Fang-ho / Staff reporter
Unclear national goals and directions explain President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) poor
Former president Lee Teng-hui, center, attended a fundraising dinner for the Lee Teng-hui Foundation in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Taipei Times
approval rating, former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) said yesterday.
Lee made the remark in a speech at a fundraising dinner for the Lee Teng-hui Foundation in Taipei.
Taiwan marked its third transfer of power last year after the public voted out the China-leaning Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), he said, adding that it was significant that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won both the presidential and legislative elections last year, as it has an absolute majority in the executive and legislative branches for the first time.
“However, what are the governing team’s phase missions and national goals and directions? Those still remain unclear, factors that have contributed to Tsai’s poor approval rating,” Lee said. “What is more worrisome is whether a China-centric regime in 2020 will make a comeback in Taiwan like in 2008 — it is a serious issue one must ponder.” [FULL STORY]