The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has plans for a new campaign dubbed the "new sunshine politics movement," with the aim of revamping the DPP's image of a party with integrity.
The party will hold a conference on Sunday to discuss reform and will propose the addition of a special article to the party's platform asking all members to avoid corruption and uphold standards of personal integrity.
In the special article, the DPP will ask its legislators to quit other jobs and become professional lawmakers, to avoid any suspicion that they may take advantage of their legislative positions to enrich themselves. High-ranking party officials and government officials will be asked to place their property into trust.
PHOTO: LIAO CHEN-HUEI, TAIPEI TIMES
DPP Secretary-General Lin Chia-lung (
Meanwhile, it appeared yesterday that former premier Frank Hsieh (
Hsieh had a closed-door meeting with DPP Chairman Yu Shyi-kun yesterday after the party's weekly central standing committee.
After the meeting Hsieh said that he could feel the sincerity of the DPP and was willing to reconsider making himself available for the mayoral race.
"Now that there is a candidate who has a strong will to run for Taipei mayor, I think all DPP members should support him," Hsieh said. "But if this person does not sign up for the primary and the DPP asks me to run, I might consider doing it for the party."
Hsieh was referring to former DPP legislator Shen Fu-hsiung (沈富雄), who had picked up his primary application and was ready to register.
Hsieh added he did not want to see two DPP members fight each other in the primary.
"I wish the DPP could be united like before," Hsieh said.
Civil society groups yesterday protested outside the Legislative Yuan, decrying Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) efforts to pass three major bills that they said would seriously harm Taiwan’s democracy, and called to oust KMT caucus whip Fu Kun-chi (傅?萁). It was the second night of the three-day “Bluebird wintertime action” protests in Taipei, with organizers announcing that 8,000 people attended. Organized by Taiwan Citizen Front, the Economic Democracy Union (EDU) and a coalition of civil groups, about 6,000 people began a demonstration in front of KMT party headquarters in Taipei on Wednesday, organizers said. For the third day, the organizers asked people to assemble
Taipei is participating in Osaka’s Festival of Lights this year, with a 3m-tall bubble tea light installation symbolizing Taiwan’s bubble tea culture. The installation is designed as a bubble tea cup and features illustrations of Taipei’s iconic landmarks, such as Taipei 101, the Red House and North Gate, as well as soup dumplings and the matchmaking deity the Old Man Under the Moon (月下老人), affectionately known as Yue Lao (月老). Taipei and Osaka have collaborated closely on tourism and culture since Taipei first participated in the festival in 2018, the Taipei City Department of Information and Tourism said. In February, Osaka represented
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Taiwanese professional baseball should update sports stadiums and boost engagement to enhance fans’ experience, Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) commissioner Tsai Chi-chang (蔡其昌) told the Liberty Times (sister paper of the Taipei Times) in an interview on Friday. The league has urged Farglory Group and the Taipei City Government to improve the Taipei Dome’s outdated equipment, including relatively rudimentary television and sound systems, and poor technology, he said. The Tokyo Dome has markedly better television and sound systems, despite being 30 years old, because its managers continually upgraded its equipment, Tsai said. In contrast, the Taipei Dome lacked even a room for referees
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