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Updated Sunday, May 17, 2009 1:57 pm TWN, The China Post news staff

Tsai claims Ma conducting 'blue terror'

Opposition leader Tsai Ing-wen has coined a new phrase, the “blue terror,” to describe what she claims to be the Ma administration's persecution against her party.

Since President Ma Ying-jeou took office last May, law enforcement and judiciary personnel have been targeting government and elected officials from the Democratic Progressive Party in a witch hunt, she said yesterday.

She said Taiwan was ruled by “white terror” for decades under the Kuomintang-imposed martial law, which was lifted in 1987.

“Now the KMT is back in power. And now it is 'blue terror' in Taiwan,” the DPP chairwoman said, referring to the color of the ruling party, while addressing a forum on how the government terrorized the nation during the martial period.

Many former and incumbent DPP leaders, including ex-President Chen Shui-bian, have been on trial for corruption.

But the DPP claims that the KMT government is singling out the opposition while turning a blind eye to alleged corruption by ruling party members.

The DPP is also holding a massive rally in Taipei today to protest what it says is the government's China-leaning policies and undemocratic practices.

The opposition camp has vowed to overstay the demonstration permit's allowed time in order to stage an overnight sit-down protest to challenge what it calls the government's attempt to tighten the restrictions on public demonstrations.

They say the government-proposed revision to the public assembly law is meant to deny the people the right to take to the streets by giving police excessive authority to control demonstrations.

The Presidential Office said yesterday that Ma's itinerary today will not be affected by the demonstration. The president will attend several events in Taipei and Hsinchu as scheduled, his office said.

Tsai said during the forum yesterday that Ma has been paying lip-service only when promising to further relax the restrictions and punishments concerning public demonstrations.

She said Ma lacks sincerity, and misses the point of the issue: the problem with the proposed revision to the law is the policing of demonstrations, not the punishment of violators. She also criticized Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin for urging the DPP to apply for the rights to use the roads where the party will stage the protest on Monday.

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May 17, 2009 renzaihelan@

It shows again that the DPP is an insane lawless party full of demagogues. Little has changed. If Taiwan is to rely on the incompetence of the DPP, it is doomed for sure.

May 17, 2009 iwannawork@

Tsai and the DPP are the most hypocritical, uncivilized, backward-thinking group of people! DPP never self reflect. Everything Tsai is accusing the KMT of doing, they have done, and then some. DPP incite the people of Taiwan to start violent acts. DPP use exaggerated examples of the history of China or KMT to try to instill fear.

Chen and other DPP members are targeted or in jail because there are stacks of evidence showing that they have committed criminal acts. The government captures criminals and puts them in jail...wow, what a novel thought! Tsai thinks there is something wrong with that?!? While Chen was president, the corruption within the DPP spread faster than the SARS virus. The current government probably doesn't even have enough manpower to get past the tip of the iceberg on all the despicable things that the DPP has done.

Tsai and the DPP are the last people to even mention the supposed lack of sincerity in others. When will DPP supporters wake up and realize that the DPP leads people down a 1000-mile dead end road to nowhere. They are not interested in peace for Taiwan, they are only interested power for themselves.

May 17, 2009 mcwizard@

The DPP deserves what it gets after giving away and stealing public lands and funds for 8 years. We are still waiting for an explanation and apology concerning the phony assassination attempt on Chen. Ma is restoring respect for Taiwan in the international community. We were a laughing stock when the DPP was in power. Have you slapped any of your fellow legislators today?

May 17, 2009 olsonandko@

Ms. Tsai needs a shipment of water pistols and rubber bands capable of propelling paper wads at her imagined opposition. What a bunch of perverted children. What a joke. Even their Japanese heroes must be embarrassed by these uncultured adolescents.

May 18, 2009 ivanyang21@

Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen of the Democratic Progressive Party thinks too much and overreacts about the new phrase, the "blue terror," and its stance. If people don't commit corruption like the former president Chen Shui-bian, they won't be on trial without a cause. Ms. Tsai, why don't you spare more time to think how to educate your lawmakers and make a comprehensive reform of your party instead?

If President Ma is incompetent, the DPP is much more incompetent. High unemployment rate has not been caused or aggravated by Ma Ying-jeou but by a global economic downturn. The DPP is a big failure itself, indeed. If the DPP is full of competent members, it won't step down from the presidential office.

Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen of the DPP announces the rally organized by the party will start at 2:00 p.m., today, in Taipei. Former Vice President Annette Lu and ex-premiers Frank ...

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