WAKE-UP CALL: The open letter said that Taiwanese cast ‘no-confidence votes’ against the president in the local elections after she ‘completely’ failed the public
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 04, 2019
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
Senior pro-Taiwanese independence advocates yesterday in an open letter urged
President Tsai Ing-wen, center, accompanied by Presidential Office Secretary-General Chen Chu, right, shakes hands with Taiwan Chain Stores and Franchise Association chairman Joseph Lo in a reception at the Presidential Office Building in Taipei yesterday. Photo: CNA
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) not to seek re-election in 2020.
The letter, titled “An Open Letter to President Tsai — Please Do Not Seek Re-election,” was published by numerous newspapers and signed by Presidential Office adviser Wu Li-pei (吳澧培), former Presidential Office adviser Peng Ming-min (彭明敏), former Academia Sinica president Lee Yuan-tseh (李遠哲) and the Reverend Kao Chun-ming (高俊明).
The four wrote that it was agonizing and with a heavy heart that they decided to write the letter, but in view of a dire and precarious situation facing Taiwanese and advocates of Taiwan’s national identity and sovereignty, they could not afford to be complacent.
They made two appeals to Tsai: Openly announce that she would only serve one term and hand administrative power to the premier. [FULL STORY]