wfn.org | TCN: Petitions begin for ECFA to be decided by national referendum

["Lydia Ma" <enews@pctpress.org>]

>      Taiwan Church News

>2991 Edition

>June 22~28, 2009

Petitions begin for ECFA to be decided by national referendum

>Reported by Chen Yi-hsuan

>Written by Lydia Ma

To prevent the signing of an Economic Cooperation Framework  Agreement

(ECFA) between Taiwan and China which would significantly threaten  Taiwanese

people’s jobs and lives, opposition parties and social  organizations in Taiwan

joined forces on June 18th to kick off a campaign to collect  signatures for a petition

to make ECFA an issue decided by national referendum.

On June 19th, people in Tainan city lined up in Tainan Park and in  Tainan City

Legislator Chen Tzung-yan’s office to sign the petition. Chen  also happens to be a

member of Nanmen Presbyterian Church in Tainan city. The petition  is garnering

enthusiastic support in many corners of the country.

According to Taiwan Nation Alliance, China is seeking to take over  Taiwan through

ECFA and the Ma administration is bent on signing this agreement  in an attempt to

cozy up to Beijing. Therefore, it is up to citizens to take  initiative on this issue by

petitioning for ECFA to be an issue decided by popular vote in a  national

>referendum.

>For related news, visit

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2009/06/25/2003447053

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