dpp newsletter june 2010
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8/9/2019 DPP Newsletter June 2010
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On June 26, the DPP or-
ganized a Taipei parade to
call for a national referen-
dum on ECFA. DPP can-
didates for the Big-5 elec-
tions, Tsai Ing-wen, Chen
Chu, Su Tseng-chang, SuChia-chuan and Lai
Ching-te led the parade.
Former Vice President
Annette Lu, Former Pre-
miers Frank Hsieh and
You Si-kun were also pre-
sent to show their opposi-
tion to ECFA.
The DPP was also
joined by nearly 160 civicorganizations showing
their resolution to protect Taiwan’s interest against the Ma Administration’s push for closer relations with
China. The alliance mobilized hundreds of thousands of people to take to the streets to voice their opposi-
tion to the current government's policy on China.
Earlier on June 3rd, the Executive Yuan's Referendum Review Committee rejected a referendum ini-
tiative proposed by the Taiwan Solidarity Union that would have allowed the people in Taiwan to decide
if the signing of ECFA was beneficial for Taiwan.
DPP Special Report on ECFA
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DEMOCRACY & PROGRESS
Parade for ECFA Referendum
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Simultaneously, the DPP pub-
lished a public survey concern-
ing the public’s views on ECFA.
45.6% of the respondents saidthey preferred ECFA to be signed
“after the government prepares a
set of measures” to manage the
possible impact of the agree-
ment. Also in the survey, 51.1%
said that dismissing the referen-
dum was not an appropriate deci-
sion, while 32.6% said it was
reasonable.Based on the survey, the ut-
most concern of the public is
whether the government will be
able to establish a set of com-
plementary measures to guard
industries considered vulnerable
in the liberalization of trade with
China. The survey was con-
ducted on June 14 by telephoneamong adults 20 years-old and
older. A total of 1,093 valid sam-
ples were obtained.
The Ma administration has set as
its goal the signing of ECFA with
China. As this is an important
issue for Taiwan, the DPP has
conducted various surveys re-
garding public reaction to ECFA
and, on June 24, the results of the
latest survey gives reason for the
DPP to show concern.
There are still nearly 70% of
the public who are unclear about
the contents and the impact of
ECFA. Even though the govern-
ment has repeatedly said that
ECFA will bring major economic
benefits for Taiwan’s economy,
the survey shows more than 70%
of the public believe these bene-
fits are only favorable to large
enterprises. Simultaneously, the
majority of the public showed
concern that after ECFA is
signed, the problem of lowered
wages, unemployment and the
wealth gap will get worse.
Based on the June 24 survey,
the following issues appeared to
be concerns of the Taiwanese
public:
• 43.2% of the public believe
that, after signing ECFA, their
personal income will be re-
duced. Only
26.2% be-
lieve that
their per-
sonal in-
come will
increase
while
18.4% be-
lieve there
will be no
great dif-
ference.
• From a self-identified social
class point of view, among
those who identified them-
selves as coming from the
“lower class”, there were
nearly 60% (58.8%) who be-
lieve their personal income
will be reduced after signing
ECFA.
Latest DPP survey on ECFA shows reasons for concern
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• 64.3% of the public believe that after ECFA,
their “financial burden” will increase while
13.9% believe it will decrease and 11% said
that it will remain about the same.
• Regardless of social class, the majority be-
lieve that, after ECFA, their financial burden
will continue to increase.
The following is the public’s view of the impact
of ECFA to Taiwan’s overall social environ-
ment:
• 52.3% of the public believe that, after sign-
ing ECFA, the unemployment problem in
Taiwan will get worse while 38.1% of the
public believe that it will improve.
• From a self-identified social class point of
view, those who identified themselves as
coming from the “lower class”, 67% believe
that the unemployment problem will get
worse. Among those who identified them-
selves as coming from the “middle class”,
the proportion between a pessimistic and
optimistic view regarding the unemployment problem was 48% and 44% respectively.
Among those who identified themselves as
coming from the “upper class”, 53% believe
the unemployment problem will improve
while 39% said that it will get worse.
• 86% of the
public believe
that, after
ECFA is
signed, the
wealth gap in
Taiwan will
increase
while 7.1% of
the public
believe it will
decrease.
• Regardless of
social class,
over 84% of
the public
believe the
wealth gap in Taiwan will become even
more evident after signing ECFA.
The survey was conducted by the DPP Survey
Center June 22 to 23. The sampling number
was 1,089 individuals with a sampling error of approximately 3% and a 95% confidence level.
The survey was conducted by random selection
of telephone numbers among national voters
twenty-years old and above.
...latest DPP survey on ECFA
The DPP’s ECFA Subcommittee issued a state-
ment in response to the “early harvest list” pro-
duced in the June 24th meeting between the vice
chairmen of the Straits Exchange Foundation and
ARATS.
From the contents released so far by Taiwan’s
Ministry of Economic Affairs, the “early harvest
list” produces no realistic timeline that highlights
when the liberalization of goods and services will
take place. The list also proves that President Ma
Ying-jeou’s previous promises on protecting
against Chinese goods and workers from entering
Taiwan were unfounded.
Based on a recent survey conducted by the
DPP regarding the public’s views on ECFA,
nearly 70% of the public said they were still un-
clear about the contents of the agreement. The
survey also reflected the fact that the majority of
the public were concerned that, after ECFA is
signed, the problems of unemployment, wage re-
duction and wealth gap will worsen.
Julian Kuo, spokesperson of the DPP ECFA
Subcommittee, said that Taiwan’s previous nego-
ECFA’s early harvest list begins to show the real damage
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tiations under WTO included an open timeline,and it was expected that the Ma Administration
would use the same standard to show an honest
approach to the ECFA process.
President Ma had also made a previous
promise that ECFA would bring great economic
benefits for Taiwan and it was imperative to
sign the agreement in order to “save Taiwan’s
economy”. The DPP ECFA Subcommittee says
that the “early harvest list”, however, will only
benefit large enterprises while mid-sized andsmall companies will bear the early losses.
“The government continues to emphasize
that ECFA’s monetary income from the ‘early
harvest list’ is greater than China, but this ‘earlyharvest income’ mainly favors the larger indus-
tries and overlooks the ‘early losses’ of Tai-
wan’s mid-size and traditional industries,” Kuo
said.
In regards to President Ma’s promise that
Chinese labor will not enter Taiwan, the “early
harvest list” shows that it will further liberalize
9 service industries from China. The DPP ECFA
Subcommittee says that it was unclear how the
government planned to prevent Chinese invest-
ment firms from bringing their own white-collar workers into Taiwan as there are already 100
items in the service industry that are liberalized
under a government plan.
Furthermore, the DPP ECFA Subcommittee
said it was problematic that ECFA models after
the CEPA between China and Hong Kong,
which paved the way for a “One China” market.
“In the ECFA agreement, an ECFA Eco-
nomic Cooperation Council will be established
and it will include departments for follow-upand dispute settlements, all of which are outside
executive, legislative and judi-
cial oversights,” Kuo said.
“When ASEAN Plus One only
incorporates a negotiating side
without any follow-up or dis-
pute settlement segments, the
DPP questions why Taiwan has
agreed to set up a model that
creates a One China market likeCEPA instead of following what
China is setting up with
ASEAN Plus One.”
The DPP has repeatedly ex-
pressed its concerns about
ECFA to the Ma Administra-
tion, calling on the government
to provide better explanation of the contents of
the agreement and make the process more
transparent. As this is an important topic for thelivelihood of Taiwanese citizens, the DPP and
the TSU along with civic organizations have
called for a referendum on ECFA, but has been
turned town by the Executive Yuan’s Referen-
dum Review Committee.
ECFA’s early harvest list begins toshow the real damage
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DPP Central Executive Committee Statement on the 21stAnniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre
We believe that the Tiananmen Massacre is one
of the greatest tragedies in the history of modern
China. Twenty-one years ago, when young stu-
dent activists called for democratic reform in
China, the Chinese government cracked down
on the movement through the use of force. To
this day, there have been no signs of apology or
regret expressed by the Chinese government for
the massacre. They have even tried to systemati-
cally erase any records or documents regardingthe event, attempting to make Chinese citizens
have no knowledge about the incident. We
thereby appeal to the Chinese government to
confront this painful part of its history, admit
their mistakes and apologize to the victims as
well as allow those who are in exile to return to
their home country.
We also wish to express to the Chinese gov-
ernment that although China in recent years has
developed itself economically, it is still anauthoritarian country. China still causes other
countries to have a great doubt and fear, and it
continues to be considered a regional security
concern. We appeal to the Chinese government
to cease suppressing democratic reform and to
start launching a political reform movement, al-
lowing China to break away from dictatorship
and to embrace the universal values of democ-
racy, freedom and human rights.
Concerning President Ma Ying-jeou’s changein attitude regarding the Tiananmen Massacre
since he took office by not discussing the mas-
sacre and even issuing a statement during last
year’s 20th anniversary “affirming the ad-
vancement of Chinese democracy”, we wish to
express deep regret. We severely reprimand to
the Ma administration for not discussing the
continued suppression of democracy activists in
China as well as China’s suppression of Taiwan-
ese values during the series of cross strait ex-
changes that have taken place. We strongly urge
the Ma administration to incorporate the values
of democracy and human rights into the list of
issues for cross strait discussion so that Taiwan
and China can interact under these universal
values. We strongly believe that when interact-
ing with China, Taiwan should not lower its
standards and abandon its values, especially not
holding back on our democratic and human
rights principles.In the future, the DPP will continue to strive,
along with all people concerned about democ-
racy and human rights, to take positive and ef-
fective action, engaging in dialogue with Chi-
nese human rights organizations and civic
groups so that democracy and human rights take
root in Taiwan and continue to thrive. At the
same time, we hope the seeds of these values
slowly blossom in China.
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Hot Air Golden 10 Year Promise DEMOCRACY & PROGRESS
PUBLISHED BY:
Department of International Aff airs DemocraticProgressive Party
9F, No. 30, Pei-Ping EastRoad, Taipei, Taiwan
Tel: 886-2-2392-9989 ext. 306
Fax: 886-2-2393-0342
Email: [email protected]
Website:
http://www.dpp.org.tw
DIRECTOR:
Bikhim Hsiao
DEPUTY DIRECTOR:
Hsieh Huai-hui
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:
Michael J. Fonte
EDITOR:
Ping -Ya Hsu
CONTRIBUTOR:
Stephanie Liao
Ever since the intensive debate on ECFA, President Ma has claimedthat the KMT will bring a Golden 10 Year Promise to the people in
Taiwan. The DPP seriously questions whether making this kind of
promise is what a responsible government should do. With the Ma
government's less than spectacular achievements since Ma became
president, his Golden 10 Year Promise appears doubtful.
It is even more irresponsible for Ma to blame KMT failures on ac-
tions made of the DPP when it was in government. The statistics
show that while the DPP was in office, the economy grew by a
healthy 4.44 percent, whereas under Ma the economy has shrunk by0.19 percent. The average unemployment rate when the DPP was in
power was 4.28 percent, compared to 5.35 percent for the Ma ad-
ministration. Furthermore, the average annual deficit under the DPP
was NT$17.54 billion, but it reached NT$27.44 billion just within
two years under Ma's government.
The DPP knows very well that the KMT is all about “government by
rhetoric”. The DPP doesn’t believe that the Ma government should
constantly entice the people of Taiwan with promises and deceive
them with false hope. Just to give an example, in the late 1990s, theneconomic minister Vincent Siew proposed Taiwan as an Asian Pa-
cific transport and business center. While this plan was grandly pro-
claimed, to Taiwanese people’s dismay, the plan did not pan out at
all. President Ma's 633 Promises are another example of such KMT's
governance. Despite the imitation of South Korea presidential can-
didate Lee Myung Bak 747 Promises, the Ma government has failed
to fulfill his 633 promises. It is clear by now that Ma Ying-jeou’s 10
Year Promise is simply hot air. For the past two years, the Ma ad-
ministration has focused on writing blank checks that his administra-
tion can't cash.