Former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairman Wu Poh-hsiung (吳伯雄) is leading a 200-strong delegation to attend a high-level forum between the KMT and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) today in Guangzhou, China.Note that NONE of these party to party forums have been open to the public nor their negotiations or resolutions revealed. Is it not astonishing that major talks between two countries are being carried out in a manner outside of any democratic oversight or accountability?
President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), who doubles as KMT chairman, met with Wu and the rest of the delegation at the Presidential Office yesterday.
He lauded the KMT-CPP forums for serving as a great venue for cross-strait exchanges.
He said he expected the delegation to further enhance cross-strait economic exchanges in the wake of the signing of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) with Beijing.
“The KMT-CCP forum has made great contributions in promoting cross-strait relations, and we expect the forum to continue promoting economic, cultural and educational exchanges between the two sides,” Ma said.
Wu and the delegation will attend the forum tomorrow and Sunday.
Wu is expected to visit Beijing after the forum and meet Chinese President Hu Jintao (胡錦濤) to discuss cross-strait cooperation following the signing of the ECFA.
What if the Japanese opposition Liberal Democratic Party was to enter party to party talks with the DPP in forging closer relations and a FTA between Taiwan and Japan - talks that had substantive outcomes and impacts but which neither the KMT Government nor the Taiwanese people had any access to nor call to account over?
That's why Lien Chan's trip to China in 2005 and all the KMT-CCP forums since have been treason against Taiwan's democracy and democratically elected Government of the time.
Treason is a very strong word. I don't use it here lightly.
