Military personnel not allowed to stump for candidates: president
ROC Central News Agency
2007-12-27 17:37:48
Taipei, Dec. 27 (CNA) President Chen Shui-bian reaffirmed Thursday that military personnel should maintain strict political neutrality and must refrain from stumping for any candidates in the approaching elections.
Chen made the remarks when he presided over a commissioning ceremony for military generals who were promoted to higher ranks.
He pointed out that the military serves the nation and the people and that it should remain neutral in the Jan. 12 legislative elections and the March 22 presidential election. "The military should keep out of political activities, and military personnel should not stump for any particular candidates, " he said.
The president's words came in the wake of an incident in which a general stumped for a ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate.
General Chi Ling-lien, a strategic adviser at the Presidential Office, appeared at a rally for Lee Wen-chung, a DPP legislative candidate, to drum up support for him. The Ministry of National Defense later recommended to the Presidential Office that he should receive a major demerit as a punishment.
(By Lilian Wu)
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