UNIFICATION ISSUE UP TO THE PEOPLE TO DECIDE: PRESIDENT'S AID
ROC Central News Agency
2006-02-07 13:26:23
Taipei, Feb. 7 (CNA) It is up to the people, rather than the government or anyone else, to decide whether Taiwan should unify with China, President Chen Shui-bian's deputy chief of staff said Tuesday.
Presidential Office Deputy Secretary-General Cho Jung-tai made the comments while attending the swearing in ceremony for the new legislative whip of the Taiwan Solidarity Union at the Legislative Yuan.
The National Unification Guidelines -- originally designed in the early 1990s to facilitate ultimate unification across the Taiwan Strait -- can set approaches and their orders but should not set the goals, Cho said.
The goals of the nation should be left open so that the people of Taiwan can decide on whether Taiwan should seek unification with China, Cho stressed.
Immediate unification is not an option as far as the National Unification Guidelines are concerned and as many members of the Taiwan public are opposed to the idea, Cho said, adding that the ultimate goals of the nation are up to the people alone to decide.
(By Deborah Kuo)
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