April 30 - DPP
Chair Su Tseng-chang today expressed his great relief at the news that
former DPP chair Lin Yi-hsiung had ended his hunger strike against the
construction of the 4th Nuclear Power Plant. Speaking after a meeting
of the DPP Central Standing Committee, Su said: “A man of Lin age’s age
going on a hunger strike for his ideals is deserving of the utmost
respect. He has already sacrificed too much for Taiwan,” adding that he
hoped Lin would take care of his health.
Regarding the April
28th announcement by Premier Jiang Yi-huah that reactor No. 1 in the 4th
Nuclear Power Plant would be sealed up following safety inspections and
construction on reactor No. 2 completely halted, Chair Su emphasized
that in spite of lingering ambiguity surrounding the government’s plans
for the plant due to the Premier’s equivocal language during the press
conference, the indisputable reality is that the construction cannot
proceed. Countless people have fought long and hard over the course of
many years to terminate the 4th nuclear power plant, Chair Su pointed
out, and now, the unmistakable public consensus in opposition to the
plant that coalesced around Lin Yi-hsiung’s hunger strike has finally
made it impossible to continue with the plant’s construction.
Furthermore,
given the import of this major policy decision, the DPP believes that
Premier Jiang has a responsibility to provide a report to and respond to
questioning from the Legislative Yuan, and should submit to oversight
by the branch of government that most directly represents the public
will. The DPP caucus will exercise strict scrutiny in the legislature
going forward to prevent any further appropriations from being allocated
to the 4th nuclear plant, as well as seek amendment of the referendum
law to lower the voting threshold and return the right of referendum to
the people.
As some friends are determined to continue the
anti-nuclear fight in the streets, Chair Su reminded the administration
that protests are the symptoms of an unresponsive government. This is
why he had urged President Ma not to ignore the public will, for doing
so would only bring the country toward greater turmoil. At the same
time, Chair Su asked friends in the streets to remember that former
chair Lin has been firmly and fully committed to non-violent protest
throughout his life, and would not wish to see any accidents or
conflicts erupting out of the demonstrations. Su said: “We must ensure
that the methods do not overshadow the goals of the protest and lead to a
loss of focus on the substantive demands.”
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