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• Ma comes under fire from DPP

  `FIVE NOTS' The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairman was vilified by pan-green officials as having sold out Taiwan by kowtowing to China during his US trip

  • By Jewel Huang and Shih Hsiu-chuan / STAFF REPORTERS
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  Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Yu Shyi-kun blasted the opposition leader for pandering to China at the expense of Taiwan's security.

  Yu made the remarks at a press conference which was held immediately after KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou's (馬英九) return from his US trip.

  At the press conference, Yu criticized Ma as "smug" and lashed out at him, saying he "should not kowtow to China internationally, yet swell like a rooster domestically."

  

  Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairman Yu Shyi-kun, center, accompanied by Lo Cheng-fang, the deputy executive of the DPP's Policy Development Committee, left, and the DPP's Chinese Affairs Director Lai I-chung, right, addresses a press conference yesterday.

  PHOTO: WANG MIN-WEI, TAIPEI TIMES

  "Ma burnishes his personal image by sacrificing Taiwan's interests," Yu said.

  `Five nots'

  He said Ma's visit can be summed up with "five nots":

  First, Ma should not say "one China" means "the Republic of China (ROC)," since international society does not acknowledge such an argument.

  "If one China means ROC, is there a People's Republic of China in the world?" Yu said.

  Second, Ma should not try to divide Taiwan with his political rhetoric.

  "Ma asked China to differentiate who is the major enemy and the minor enemy, which attempts to turn Taiwan's internal conflict into an international conflict between Taiwan and China," Yu said. "Ma has to know that the political competition between the DPP and the KMT is a democratic dispute, not a conflict between two countries."

  Third, Ma should not spread the lie of the "1992 consensus."

  "Former president Lee Teng-hui (李登輝) and China have denied the existence of a `1992 consensus,' and not long ago KMT Legislator Su Chi (蘇起) admitted that he fabricated the term. Ma shouldn't keep disseminating this lie," Yu said.

  Fourth, Ma should not propose that the KMT will apply to be an opposition party in China if Beijing lifts its ban on organizing political parties.

  "A political party can be loyal to only one country. And if the KMT enrolls as one of China's political parties, to which country will the KMT be loyal?" Yu said.

  Fifth, Ma did not protest the more than 800 missiles that China has deployed targeting Taiwan, nor voice Taiwan's resolve to defend itself.

  "Ma will mislead the international community into thinking that Taiwan does not care about China's missiles, which hurt's our interests," Yu said.

  "It is ironic that Ma reveals that he can tolerate Beijing's autocracy but cannot tolerate Taiwan's democracy," Yu added.

  TSU criticism

  Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) caucus whip David Huang (黃適卓) also criticized Ma, saying the cross-strait remarks he made in the US could be collected as a "quotation book of ravings," as many of the comments contradict reality.

  Huang said that Ma's suggestion about establishing a military mutual confidence mechanism was impossible, given the imbalance of military capabilities and China's "Anti-Secession" Law stipulating that Beijing can use "non-peaceful means" against Taiwan.

  As for Ma's modus vivendi proposal, Huang cited Sha Zukang (沙祖康), the Chinese ambassador to the UN office in Geneva, who said that the proposal would not be acceptable to the Chinese government.

  "Sha said before that the `one country, two systems' model is the most peaceful arrangement. I wonder if Ma accepts this," Huang said.

  Huang added, "Ma said that the modus vivendi proposal will be based on the `one China' principle as fulfilled by the definition of the `Republic of China.' However, will China take this definition to replace the `People's Republic of China?'"

  In terms of the nation's future, Ma said not long ago that "Taiwan independence" is one of the options available, Huang said.

  "If Ma is sincere about this, why did Ma describe the `Republic of Taiwan' as China's `principle enemy,' in comparison to its secondary enemy the `Republic of China?'"

  "In this regard, does Ma mean that people who support independence as an option for Taiwan's future are also his enemy?" Huang said.

  Meanwhile, Yu also urged the KMT to hold talks with the DPP and propose a version of a military procurement bill before it held an economic forum with the Chinese Communist Party.

  "In order to prevent Taiwan from being degraded by China, we hope the KMT can work out some consensus with the DPP before it goes to China," Yu said. "We hope it will be a form of conversation. But if they want to debate with us, we accept it."

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