還是還原一下原先David Brown的最原始信件吧 刪去記者以及Blogger Michael Turton
的一切添加和註解:
Chris,
Thanks for sharing Bi-Khim's open letter. She deserves respect, but this
piece is a partisan statement of DPP views on the current crisis in the LY
You and others will note that it omits much of the story concerning the STA,
which the DPP has opposed from its signing last June. She conveniently omits
the DPP's record of obstruction of LY consideration of the agreement. That
began in the special LY session last fall and continued with dilatory
handling of forums on the agreement.
The week before March 17, the DPP had repeatedly prevented the planned
article by article review of the STA at the LY committee level. That
obstructionism was the proximate incentive for the KMT to ram through a
decision moving the STA from committee to plenary consideration on Mar. 18.
It is remarkable that the students reacted so quickly that same evening to
occupy the LY. The KMT has accused the DPP of instigating this action, an
accusation that many believe. Unnamed DPP politicians were reportedly on the
scene later that evening ; and the party endorsed the action the following
day, and then encouraged all its members to support the students' illegal
occupation.
A DPP poll published a few days earlier had indicated that a plurality of DPP
members (40%) were dissatisfied with the party's knee-jerky opposition to
every step forward in cross-strait relations. So rather than have the DPP LY
caucus responsible for continuing to block consideration of the STA, wasn't
it in the DPP's interest to have students play that role?
Bi-Khim portrays this as a struggle for democracy. It's really another
fundamental clash of approaches toward the mainland and toward Taiwan's
future. But if its about democracy, is the DPP's repeated physical blocking
of LY action democratic?
The DPP's problem is that the KMT, divided as it is, has a LY majority, and
the DPP will go to whatever lengths are necessary to block the majority when
their key interests are involved or when it suits the DPP's election
mobilization goals to exploit issues for political advantage.
I suspect that the fall election is a key consideration in how the party is
handling the issue. In this country we would not permit such obstruction to
occur in the Congress, and we would not view the DPP's obstruction tactics as
legitimate democratic action.
Taiwan is a democracy in transition. It faces challenges and some of those
challenges come from the DPP.
Dave