Taipei Times
Date: Jul 21, 2018
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
The New Party yesterday expressed support for former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬
From left to right, New Party youth wing members Hou Han-ting, Wang Ping-chung, Lin Ming-cheng and an unidentified man attend a news conference in Taipei yesterday to show their support for former president Ma Ying-jeou. Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times
英九), accusing the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) of distancing itself from the former KMT chairman after his most recent indictment.
The New Party is a KMT spin-off established in 1993 that advocates unification with China. It does not hold any legislative seats.
New Party spokesman Wang Ping-chung (王炳忠) said that at a time when the Democratic Progressive Party administration is using the judiciary to oppress Ma, scarcely anyone from the KMT has spoken out against political persecution.
“You [KMT members] enjoyed the largest share of the KMT’s resources in the past, but now you are hiding to avoid taking responsibility,” Wang told a news conference yesterday, adding that the KMT has apparently degenerated into the “Taiwanese Nationalist Party.” [FULL STORY]
