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Antiquated structure of the KMT on full display

James Wang 王景弘

During his three years in office, President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) has shown that he is not suitable to be president and that shamelessness is his greatest skill. Ma’s pet phrases include: “I didn’t know” and “I found out from the newspaper.” He has played the victim on many occasions as a way of diverting attention from what he is up to and to get sympathy, and his use of embedded government advertising to cheat the people of Taiwan is another reason he should have stepped down long ago.

However, this is the president Taiwan has. He not only refuses to step down, he also wants to be re-elected, and nobody in the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) dares disagree with him. A few KMT Central Standing Committee members that listen to Ma’s every command have organized an alliance to support him and the revival of Taiwan, while other members are forced to bite their tongues and play second fiddle.

Groups slam Shih Ming-teh for Tsai comments

Taipei Times

More than a dozen gay rights and women’s groups yesterday lashed out at former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chairman Shih Ming-teh (施明德) over his questioning of DPP presidential contender Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) sexual orientation and demanded that he apologize to women.

“If, as Shih puts it, the sexual orientation of a presidential candidate is so important that it would have an impact on the direction of national policy, I’d like to ask him to elaborate on which gender or sexual orientation is best fit for a national leader,” Taiwan Women’s Link -secretary-general Tsai Wan-fen ---(蔡宛芬) said at a press conference in Taipei yesterday. “If he cannot explain, he should stop arguing, and apologize to all single women, gays and female politicians.”

Has the KMT gone crazy?

Taipei Times Editorial

It appears that the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has gone insane. Its derangement is such that it ignores an external threat to maintain an obvious fantasy. The threat is the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the KMT’s long-time enemy and the foe of all freedom-loving people in Taiwan, whereas the KMT fantasy refers to the party’s blind adherence to an outdated Republic of China Constitution in the hope that doing so will help the KMT hold on to what remains of its political power. Moreover, the CCP can see that the KMT has lost its grip on reality, and is setting a trap to gain control of Taiwan.

The Ma Government Continues to Try to Return Taiwan to the One-party State Days of the KMT

Jerome F. Keating Ph.D.

In big and small ways, the government of Ma Ying-jeou is trying to squelch any and all opposite and critical thought. It seems they wish to return to their old one-party state days where they tried to control the thinking of the people. The latest development is in the simple matter of the tour guides at the Presidential Palace.

At set times during the week, Taiwan's Presidential Palace is open to the public for free tours. The people conducting these tours are volunteers; they give of their time because they want to be involved in some ways in serving the country. However, many of them after years of service are all of a sudden finding that they are being canned. Canned? Yes, that's right, they are canned not because they are putting their hand in the till or stealing; they are being canned because that even in tours of the Presidential Palace they are not giving the public the official Ma-speak.

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