Believing in the people - Part II, interview with President Chen - TW

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In the second half of a two-part exclusive interview with the `Taipei Times,' President Chen Shui-bian promises to continue promoting democratic reform and the establishment of a Taiwanese identity

Thursday, Mar 11, 2004,Page 3

Taipei Times: You have promised to expedite the formulation of a new constitution once you take office for your second term, with the goal of having a draft of the constitution approved by referendum in 2006 and formally brought into effect when the new president takes office in May 2008.

The US and the international community are concerned that this might in fact be the path toward Taiwan's independence, although you have promised that the terms of reference for the new constitution will not change the status quo and have emphasized that constitutional reform is a process on which the survival of Taiwan's democracy depends, and has nothing to do with independence or unification.

But, if a majority of the people called for changing the country's flag, name or territorial boundaries, would your government push that kind of constitutional reform? Or would it ignore the will of the people and just avoid such sensitive topics in order to preserve stability in the Taiwan Strait?

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2004/03/11/2003101987

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