The Taiwan leader's recent remarkson abolishing Taiwan's
"National Unification Council" and "National Unification Guideline"
are completely secessionist remarks and have revealed his ulterior
motive to sabotage cross-Straits relations, a leading scholar on
the Taiwan issue said on Tuesday.
"The Taiwan leader's overt breach of his past promise has proved
he is a dirty politician without any credibility, and a
trouble-maker and peacebreaker to cross-Straits relations and to
regional peace and stability," said Xu Bodong, director of the
Institute of Taiwan Studies of Beijing Union University, in an
exclusive interview with Xinhua on Tuesday.
When he became leader of the Taiwan authorities in May 2000,
Chen Shui-bian made the promise of "five no's" on cross-Straits
relations, which included the pledge of "never attempting to
abolish the 'National Unification Council' and the 'National
Unification Guideline'," Xu noted.
"By breaking his own promises, Chen is attempting to stir up the
secessionist sentiments in Taiwan and create confrontations between
different groups of people in the island, as well as to provoke the
mainland and strain the cross-Straits relations," saidXu.
Chen's remarks could also be viewed as a public opinion
preparation for the so-called "constitutional reform," which aims
at legitimizing "Taiwan independence," Xu added.
Moreover, through his secessionist remarks, Chen also hoped to
distract the Taiwan people from the growing dissatisfaction with
the corruption and incompetence of the Taiwan authorities under the
leadership of his Democratic Progressive Party over the past six
years, said Xu.
Chen's remarks have received harsh criticism and objection
fromnot only the majority of the Taiwan people, but also the
international community including the United States, Xu noted.
"I believe the mainland will sure be on high alert and watch the
development of the issue closely, and will never allow Chen
tomaterialize his secessionist scheme," he concluded.
(Xinhua News Agency February 22, 2006)