听说这是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.
然后这个言论被讲说不是个咖,个人意见
结果...
[新闻] 美欢迎马政府两岸关系卓越进展
（中央社记者廖汉原华盛顿3日专电）美国国务院亚太助卿罗素今天表示，美方欢迎马政
府推动两岸关系的卓越进展;也非常希望反服贸学生与示威者能负责的使用表达政治观点
的自由，文明和平地示威，避免暴力。
美国国务院东亚暨亚太事务助理国务卿罗素（Daniel Russel）在联邦参议院外交委员会
听证会中谈到台湾目前的反两岸服贸争议，他指出，整体而言，美方欢迎马政府推动两岸
关系的卓越进展，这需双方同意才能推进。
这是美国行政部门在3月18日台湾发生反服贸学运后，极为明确地公开详细叙述美方态度
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