Taiwan authorities have, ever since early 2006, gone all out to propose "the application of the United Nations membership under the name of Taiwan". Chen Shui-bian once set forth the proposal, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) immediately plunged itself into action by calling meetings everywhere to incite public opinions and operate on concrete links to manipulate the signing of motions or proposals.
The reason for DPP to raise the proposal for "referendum on joining the United Nations in the name of Taiwan" is that only when Taiwan is made to resemble in a special, protruding way an independent sovereign "nation", can it be possible for the island province to be defiant to the "one China policy" of the Chinese mainland.
Although Chen Shui-bian claims to the international community that his referendum to join the UN will not involve the status quo in the Taiwan strait or the "four nos" commitment (namely, no declaration of independence, no incorporation of "two states" into the "constitution", no change of the province's name and no referendum on "Taiwan independence") he made upon the assumption of his office, and such an allegation, however, simply takes others for fools.
Consequently, US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte on August 27 explicitly expressed opposition to Taiwan authorities' attempt to push for a plan of referendum on the island entry into the United Nations, as the U.S. regarded the "referendum to join the UN as a move towards Taiwan independence and to alter the status quo in the Taiwan Strait. On August 30, a White House official in charge of Asian affairs said more abruptly in his reply to a reporter's question during a briefing that Taiwan or the Republic of China was not a country in the present international situation.
Chen Shui-bian, recently convened the Central American summit, with a cheque book in hand to pay way for Taiwan's membership in the UN, but his "friendly allies" refused at the end of the summit to include into the joint communiqué such clauses as a support of Central American nations to Taiwan as "a sovereign, independent nation", and Taiwan has "rights to join the UN, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other relevant UN organizations".
The European Union (EU), the United States, Russia, Egypt, Philippines, Brazil and other countries issued statements one after another to denounce the referendum of the Chen Shui-bian regime for the UN membership, and oppose Taiwan's joining of the UN.
This represents public opinions worldwide. As for the United Nations, it twice again rejected Chen Shui-bian's application for Taiwan's joining the UN. Taiwan authorities, nevertheless, will still attempt to break through barriers at the imminent the UN General Assembly in September and press ahead inside Taiwan with a "referendum to join the UN". Then, the "referendum on Taiwan's entry into the UN is not a superficial problem but a real issue worth considerations.
"Whenever an election comes around, I would hear the 'referendum'," said a Taiwan friend of mine said in a wry smile, shaking his heard. Everyone is now familiar with Chen's tricks or gimmicks as seven years have passed since he came to power. He will plot up a most thrilling topic to avert the focus of impotence of his office, stimulate grievances to pool votes and portray the "Buddhist image" of love for Taiwan so as to evade charges of corruption. Obviously, it represents a futile pseudo topic of his application for UN membership, but he is still bent on carrying out"referendum" in a bid to play with and "kidnap" the popular will during the remain tenure of his office.
"Referendum constitutes a universally basic human right, and the "referendum for the UN membership is aimed to further enhance and deepen the democracy in Taiwan," Chen Shui-bian again alleged. He glossed over his intention with high sounding rhetoric. He went ahead with a "national defense build-up" referendum in 2004 and failed. "The referendum did not pass, but I'll buy missiles all the same," he said. And, indeed, he spurred a huge arms purchase deal as usual.
More than 70 percent of the compatriots inside the island demand direct links in mail, transport and trade across the Taiwan strait and access to mainland travelers to tour Taiwan, but Chen Shui-bian turned a deaf ear to all these demands. If people do not favor "Taiwan independence', they would be accused of "selling out Taiwan." And this is what "the human right" and "democracy" he has paid lip service to.
Chen Shui-bian has drawn on the so-called "popular will' to challenge the "one-China principle" universally acknowledged by the international community. Serving the his own interest and the interest of his party in disregard of the interest of 23 million Taiwan compatriots on the island, he perseveres in venturing for "Taiwan independence", said a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council. This has once again proved that he is an out and out saboteur of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and in the Asia-Pacific region as a whole.
By People's Daily Online
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