POLITICAL PERFORMANCE:KMT Legislator Alex Fai said the timing of a Presidential Office statement suggested that William Lai and President Tsai were ‘acting out a play’
Taipei Times
Date: Sep. 28 2017
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
Premier William Lai’s (賴清德) reaffirmation of his support for Taiwanese
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Wu Den-yih, center, talks yesterday during a meeting of the KMT’s Central Standing Committee at the party’s headquarters in Taipei. Photo: George Tsorng, Taipei Times
independence is not only leading the nation to the brink of war, it also revealed his scheme to exploit the nation’s official name, the Republic of China, in the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) efforts to rename the nation through a constitutional amendment, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers said yesterday.
“Lai is the premier now, not Tainan mayor, and a Taiwanese premier whose political belief is independence will lead the nation to the brink of war,” KMT Legislator Lai Shyh-bao (賴士葆) told a news conference at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei. “He should get it through his head that the people want prosperity and peace across the Taiwan Strait, not war.”
The premier should have known that his remarks would surely escalate cross-strait tensions, Lai Shyh-bao said, adding that the hoped the government is prepared to deal with the ramifications. [FULL STORY]