Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/07/31
By: Peoples’ Day, Lu Hsin-hui and Kay Liu
Taipei, July 31 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) will formally issue an apology to
President Tsai Ing-wen during her 2015 campaign targeting indigenous people on Aug. 1. (CNA file photo)
Taiwan’s aboriginal people and outline her policies on reconciliation Monday, Aug. 1, the Indigenous People’s Day, according to the Presidential Office.
Tsai promised during her presidential campaign to make the apology as president to Taiwan’s indigenous people for the unfair treatment they suffered under different regimes in the past, as a way to begin to face and deal with the issue.
On Monday, representatives from different aboriginal tribes will gather in front the Presidential Office, announcing their arrival before Tsai greets them and welcomes them into the building.
Inside the building, the apology will be made through a series of rituals, which will start with a blessing ceremony, to be followed by Tsai’s apology speech, a response from the indigenous people, and an exchange of tokens, according to the Presidential Office. [FULL STORY]
