To safeguard the nation's sovereignty and dignity, the Legislative Yuan should push for a ban on political leaders and retired government officials visiting China, the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) said yesterday.
"We'd like to see the government restrict unauthorized people, such as political leaders and retired government officials, from conducting political exchanges with Chinese authorities until Beijing respects our sovereignty and abandons its intention to invade our territory," TSU caucus whip Lo Chih-ming (
Lo said that next Tuesday the party's caucus would move that the legislature request the Executive Yuan issue the ban. However, even if the proposal is approved, it would not be binding.
According to Article Nine of the Act Governing Relations Between Peoples of the Taiwan Area and the Mainland Area (
Lo said that legal requirements for a resolution were satisfied when China enacted the "Anti-Secession" Law. Compounding the problem are the planned visits of Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan (
Lo also voiced caucus opposition to Lien and Soong accepting the "1992 consensus" as the premise for their visits and using it as preconditions for political negotiations with the Chinese authorities.
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