TSU visits PCT General Secretary to discuss anti-ECFA campaign

From "Taiwan Church News" <[email protected]>
Date Fri, 1 Oct 2010 17:41:41 -0700

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      TSU visits PCT General Secretary to discuss anti-ECFA campaign

       

      Reported by Lin Yi-ying

      Written by Lydia Ma

      Photo by Fang Lan-ting

       

       



      Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) Chairman Huang Kun-huei visited 
PCT General Secretary 

      Andrew Chang at PCT headquarters on September 21, 2010. Huang 
was seeking PCT’s 

      support for a third round of anti-ECFA petitions that will also 
include disbanding the 

      Committee of Appeal created by the Executive Yuan.

       



      Chang’s word of encouragement to Huang on that day was the 
familiar biblical reminder to be 

      “as wise as serpents and as harmless as doves”. He urged Huang 
to continue advocating for 

      Taiwanese people and even invited him to be one of the speakers 
in the upcoming PCT 

      Conference on National Affairs. Huang reportedly accepted this 
honor and invitation.

       



      During this meeting, Huang underscored the motivation behind 
his tireless efforts in promoting 

      a referendum on ECFA despite encountering a lot of setbacks, 
and his conviction that the 

      Committee of Appeal should be disbanded.

       



      With regards to ECFA, he emphasized it would tie Taiwanese and 
Chinese economies 

      together and even spillover into other areas, paving the way 
for Taiwan to slowly and 

      eventually lose all its political autonomy. 

       



      He followed these statements with a summary of recent policies 
proving his point, including 

      efforts by the Ma administration to integrate Chinese and 
Taiwanese education and culture 

      through mutual recognition or cooperation.

       



      Huang reiterated that all of these efforts combined would 
eventually culminate in a complete 

      unification that would be detrimental to Taiwanese people and 
their interests. Averting this 

      scenario was the reason TSU remained firmly opposed to ECFA.

       



      The Executive Yuan Committee of Appeal had rejected twice TSU’s 
appeal to put ECFA to a 

      referendum in the past year on the grounds that the question on 
the proposed ballot and its 

      content were unclear. “But we will appeal a third time to make 
ECFA a referendum issue in 

      November!” Huang said.

       



      According to reports, Huang decided to pay another visit to PCT 
after being reminded by 

      former President Lee Teng-hui. Lee, a Christian, is aware of 
PCT’s devotion to Taiwan and its 

      people and hoped that TSU would look to PCT for advice more 
often.

       



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