"Consensus" of Taiwan's "Pan-parties Group" RefutedA signed article published December 1 criticized a "consensus" reached by Taiwan's so-called "pan-parties group" on November 26.The article is entitled "A Monologue to Deny One China -- A Comment and Analysis on Taiwan's 'pan-parties group consensus'." It points out that the seventh meeting of the group reached a consensus, including "three understandings and four proposals," with an evasive, vague and even negative attitude toward the one-China principle, which will not help improve cross-straits ties. The "pan-parties group consensus" actually refused and denied the internal political and legal links between the two sides of the straits, by openly advocating "the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China are not subordinate to and do not represent one another;" and giving no words to the consensus reached by the two sides in 1992 to express orally "the two banks of the straits both adhere to the one-China principle." According to the Xinhua article, the "pan-parties group consensus" implied "a referendum on unification and independence" by saying, "To change the current status, it is necessary to win the agreement of the people through a democratic procedure." The "pan-parties group consensus" praised Taiwan for its so-called "democratic system" and "democratic sense" and pledged to "safeguard the security and fortune of the people," in an attempt to seek support from international anti-China forces with the slogans of "democracy, freedom and human rights," the article says. The group is not a real "pan-parties" as it has been strongly opposed by other parties in Taiwan, while the so-called "consensus" has been forged mainly by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), it says. It calls the "consensus" a "lightning rod" of the DPP to break the current deadlock of the cross-straits ties and to deal with the current difficulties the Taiwan Authorities are facing on the issue of mainland policy. The "consensus" has been called "a big hotchpotch" by the public opinion in Taiwan and "a word puzzle" by other parties in the island province, the article says. It reiterates that the one-China principle is the basis for peaceful reunification and the premise for the stable development of the cross-straits relations. To evade, challenge and deny the one-China principle would bring no good to peaceful and stable cross-straits relations and make it impossible to achieve peaceful reunification, the article stresses. |
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