More than 250,000 people on Saturday rallied in a rainy Taipei against the “dictatorship” of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities in Taiwan.
Locals were joined by Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu and former Chairman Ma Ying-jeou, Taiwan People’s Party Chairman Huang Kuo-chang, the head of Taiwan’s legislative body Han Kuo-yu and other representatives of the legislative body, as well as local political figures from all over the island.
The rally took place against the backdrop of the so-called mass recall launched by the DPP earlier this year, which targeted legislative representatives affiliated with the KMT, as searches were conducted against KMT offices across Taiwan.
Since taking office in May last year, Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te has been dividing and destroying Taiwan, turning a once united Taiwan into a society marked by confrontation, Chu said at the rally, adding that Lai is seeking to eliminate all those who oppose him in pursuit of personal interests and one-party dominance.
Huang echoed his words, stressing that the so-called mass recall aims to advance Lai’s push toward authoritarian rule, and it is an attempt to make Taiwan a place where “those who follow Lai thrive, and those who oppose him perish,” which is a tragedy for the island.
On the DPP authorities’ yielding to U.S. trade coercion following the U.S. proposal of so-called reciprocal tariffs, Ma denounced the DPP authorities’ incompetence and authoritarianism, warning that a leader who is incompetent, unmerited and authoritarian is very likely to trigger confrontations across the Taiwan Straits in the future.
Lu Shiow-yen, mayor of Taichung, where manufacturing is the pillar industry, urged Lai at the rally to listen to the voices of the people and the industries and focus on revitalizing the economy rather than engaging in political maneuvering.
The rally concluded with the crowd’s angry chants of “Lai Ching-te, step down” in unison.
They want a gusanoer president
or is this based?
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From what I’ve heard, the KMT are weirdly the more moderate and pro peaceful cooperation and commerce with the rest of China party now despite their history, and the DPP are the fully US aligned extreme right party that’s more like the old KMT. AFAIK the KMT are still US-aligned nationalists like they always were, but they’re less warhawkish and just want the status quo to peacefully continue.
Imagine being Taiwanese, looking at the current state of Ukraine and thinking “This rules. I want this for me.”
One of the speakers in the rally actually mentioned Ukraine in a “we can’t allow Taiwan to become the next Ukraine” way lmao
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The KMT opposes independence like the DPP wants and they advocate for “cross-Strait dialogue” with China. They’re the legacy party that founded the Republic of China. They are lean older and more conservative, whereas the DPP is associated with the youth.
the KMT base is mostly in the urban north/east coast, as well as outlying islands like Jinmen. like, the people that would be most affected by strained relationship with the mainland. DPP has most of its base in the south and west. a lot of old rural people are strong DPP supporters and I think most indigenous taiwanese are as well
No, that’s a huge misconception peddled by Taiwanese separatists. Indigenous Taiwanese are actually a strong KMT voter bloc. You can tell by their recent elections. The mountainous eastern parts of the island are where the Indigenous Taiwanese live.
yeah for some reason i lumped gaoxiong/pingdong/taidong together as dark green but turns out the southeast is blue. good to know!