Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/02
By: Keven Huang and Lilian Wu
Taipei, Sept. 2 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) will respect the various voices found in a 
pluralistic society, the Presidential Office said Friday on the eve of a big protest planned by retired military personnel, civil servants and public school teachers.
“Taiwan is a democratic society, and different and diverse voices should be respected,” the office said in a statement.
The president hopes that everyone can sit down after the march to discuss how to reform the nation’s retirement pension system, it added.
Premier Lin Chuan (林全) added that “it is their right to express their views, and (the march) should be respected.”
An alliance monitoring retirement pension reform said it will mobilize 100,000 people to take to the streets Saturday to protest against the smearing of public sector employees in the discussion of the retirement pension reform issue. [FULL STORY]
