The China Post
Date: September 25, 2017

President Tsai Ing-wen called for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to

President Tsai Ing-wen called for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) to push for constitutional reforms in voting rights and human rights as well as other issues at the party’s national convention on Sunday.

push for constitutional reforms in voting rights and human rights as well as other issues at the party’s national convention on Sunday.

In a thinly-veiled rebuttal to a petition by DPP members calling on her to pardon former President Chen Shui-bian, Tsai said that while the DPP is a democratic organization with many internal debates, the party “should not forget that we should be debating on values and routes (for future policies), not personal benefits.” Tsai, who doubles as the chairwoman of the DPP, said that Taiwanese people have owed the party nothing and warned the party not to start unnecessary troubles.

Some 500 signatories, including all of the local government chiefs of the party and over 86 percent of its lawmakers, supported the petition for Chen’s pardon. An attempt by the organizer of the petition to have the issue discussed at the national convention failed after the party decided to discuss it at the central executive committee meeting later.    [FULL  STORY]