聽說這是330以前的一封信
NELSON REPORT: David Brown on Hsiao Bi-khim's letter
Thanks for sharing Bi-Khim's open letter. She deserves respect,
but this piece is a partisan statement of DPP views on the current
crisis in the LY. That's her job, of course.
You and others will note that it omits much of the story
concerning the STA, which the DPP has opposed from its signing
last June. She conveniently omits the DPP's record of obstruction
of LY consideration of the agreement. That began in the special LY
session last fall and continued with dilatory handling of forums
on the agreement.
The week before March 17, the DPP had repeatedly prevented the
planned article by article review of the STA at the LY committee
level. That obstructionism was the proximate incentive for the KMT
to ram through a decision moving the STA from committee to
plenary consideration on Mar. 18.
It is remarkable that the students reacted so quickly that same
evening to occupy the LY. . The KMT has accused the DPP of
instigating this action, an accusation that many believe. Unnamed
DPP politicians were reportedly on the scene later that evening;
and the party endorsed the action the following day, and then
encouraged all its members to support the students' illegal
occupation.
A DPP poll published a few days earlier had indicated that a
plurality of DPP members (40%) were dissatisfied with the party's
knee-jerky opposition to every step forward in cross-strait
relations. So rather than have the DPP LY caucus responsible for
continuing to block consideration of the STA, wasn't it in the
DPP's interest to have students play that role?
Bi-Khim portrays this as a struggle for democracy. It's really
another fundamental clash of approaches toward the mainland and
toward Taiwan's future. But if its about democracy, is the DPP's
repeated physical blocking of LY action democratic?
The DPP's problem is that the KMT, divided as it is, has a LY
majority, and the DPP will go to whatever lengths are necessary to
block the majority when their key interests are involved or when
it suits the DPP's election mobilization goals to exploit issues
for political advantage.
I suspect that the fall election is a key consideration in how the
party is handling the issue. In this country we would not permit
such obstruction to occur in the Congress, and we would not view
the DPP's obstruction tactics as legitimate democratic action.
Taiwan is a democracy in transition. It faces challenges and some
of those challenges come from the DPP.
然後這個言論被講說不是個咖,個人意見
結果...
[新聞] 美歡迎馬政府兩岸關係卓越進展
（中央社記者廖漢原華盛頓3日專電）美國國務院亞太助卿羅素今天表示，美方歡迎馬政
府推動兩岸關係的卓越進展;也非常希望反服貿學生與示威者能負責的使用表達政治觀點
的自由，文明和平地示威，避免暴力。
美國國務院東亞暨亞太事務助理國務卿羅素（Daniel Russel）在聯邦參議院外交委員會
聽證會中談到台灣目前的反兩岸服貿爭議，他指出，整體而言，美方歡迎馬政府推動兩岸
關係的卓越進展，這需雙方同意才能推進。
這是美國行政部門在3月18日台灣發生反服貿學運後，極為明確地公開詳細敘述美方態度
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