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APRIL 2011

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From beginning to end: DPP presidential primary process

DEMOCRACY & PROGRESS

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In determining the suitable presi-

dential candidate for the DPP, a

primary process started with a se-

ries of internal debates in January,

where the DPP’s National Party

Congress ultimately passed a

resolution to use polling as the

main method for deciding the

primary winner.

During March, hopefuls to win

the DPP primary registered for

their candidacy. Each candidate

was required to personally attend

the registration with their DPP

membership cards and a NT5 mil-

lion registration fee. The candi-

dates that registered for the pri-

mary were Former Premier Su

Tseng-chang, DPP Chair Tsai Ing-

wen and Former DPP Chair Hsu

Hsing-liang.

Each candidate then set-out to

establish their campaign head-

quarters. DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen

took a leave from her duties as

party chair to run the primary

campaign. The primary campaign

strategy for candidates Tsai Ing-

wen and Su Tseng-chang con-

sisted of street visits, rallies, me-

dia interviews and online creation

of websites and social media

pages. Hsu Hsing-liang relied on

close friends’ gatherings and the

DPP-sponsored televised presen-

tations as a main method of cam-

paigning.

The DPP held four televised

presentations for each candidate



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to present their policy platforms. In each presenta-

tion, the topics discussed were focused on interna-

tional affairs, cross strait policy, domestic policy

and civic governance, highlighting the current prob-

lems on the wealth gap, environmental damage and

nuclear energy safety.

During the presentations, Su Tseng-chang called

for government policies that tackled the issues faced

today by the youth and elderly such as social secu-

rity and affordable housing, reconstruction and ex-

tensive land planning. In cross strait policy and in-

ternational affairs, Su stressed the importance of a

“realistic approach to international relations”, which

was to grasp opportunities presented worldwide in-

stead of focusing on one opportunity as the KMT’s

has done. He also stressed the importance on rely-

ing on the US-Japan alliance as well as strengthen-

ing our relationship with Asian countries.

As for Tsai Ing-wen, she stressed the importance

of entering a new era of leadership that could lead

Taiwan and its people to face the problems of the

future generation and to change. She laid out three

main points during the first televised presentation,

which were to protect Taiwan’s sovereignty and se-

curity, revive the economy to provide safety and

happiness for the people of Taiwan, and to unite so-

ciety in order to pursue fairness and justice. She

also laid out a policy of ending all reliance on nu-

clear energy by 2025 through the suspension of the

four nuclear power plants and finding ways to es-

tablish alternative sources of energy.

Alternatively, during the first televised presenta-

tion Hsu Hsing-liang emphasized the “bold open-

ing” of Chinese capital and tourists into Taiwan,

which he said would bring more investment and in-

crease employment. He also suggested a policy of

increasing tax on stock transactions for those profit-

ing in large scale, and as a person who grew up

from a farming family, he suggested more ways to

protect Taiwanese farmers and agriculture.

When it came down to the last days of campaign-

ing, Su Tseng-chang and Tsai Ing-wen held mass

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“During the primary process, we saw the per-

spectives and personalities of both Former Pre-

mier Su and Former Chair Hsu. Both of them are

indispensable for the DPP and in the future, we

will need to continue counting on their leader-

ship. In the shortest of time, I will personally en-

gage in asking for their assistance and thanking

them for their support.”

Tsai Ing-wen will be officially launched as the

2012 presidential candidate for the DPP on May

4.

Biography of Tsai Ing- wen

Tsai Ing-wen received her a degree in law from

the College of Law, National Taiwan University

in 1978 and her master’s degree in law from

Cornell University in the U.S. In 1984, she

earned her Ph.D. from U.K.’s London School of

Economics also with a degree in law.

In the 1990’s, Tsai Ing-wen participated as a

government negotiator for Taiwan’s accession to

the World Trade Organization (WTO). Her out-

standing performance led her to being recruited

to the National Security Council of Taiwan as a

national security advisor to Former President

Lee Teng-hui.Following the DPP election victory in 2000,

she became the government’s minister for China

Affairs in the government-body, the Mainland

Affairs Council. She joined the DPP as a party

member in 2004 and nominated as a legislator

at-large. In the following year, she became the

Vice Premier in Taiwan.

When the DPP was defeated in the 2008 elec-

tion, party members urged Tsai Ing-wen to carry

on the challenging task of re-building the party.She was elected as the first women leader of a

major political party in Taiwan. Under her lead-

ership, the DPP has been gaining momentum in

local elections since 2009.

In April 2011, she won the DPP’s presidential

primary and will represent the DPP in the up-

coming presidential election in January 2012.

She will become the first female presidential

contender in Taiwan.



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DPP Primaries: list of legislative candidates for districtrepresentation

Below is the list of legislative candidates for district representation. Only candidates for at-large and dif-

ficult areas will be announced by the Central Nomination Committee.

Kaohsiung City Pintung County Yunlin County Taichung City

Chiu Yi-Ying邱議瑩(incumbent)

Su Chen-Ching蘇震清(incumbent)

Liu Chien-Kuo劉建國(incumbent)

Tsai Chi-Chang蔡其昌

Chiu Chih-Wei邱志偉

Lee Shih-Ping李世斌

Chang Liao Wan-Chien張廖萬堅

Lin Dai-Hua林岱樺(incumbent) Pan Men-An潘孟安(incumbent) Changhua County Hsieh Ming-Yuan謝明源

Kuan Bi-Lin管碧玲 (incumbent)

Wei Ming-Ku魏明谷

Lin Chia-lung林佳龍

Lee Kun-Tse李昆澤 Chiayi County Chien Chao-Tung簡肇棟 (incumbent)

Chao Tian-Lin趙天麟

Tsai Yi-Yuh蔡易餘 Nantou County

Hsu Chih-Chieh許智傑

Chen Ming-Wen陳明文(incumbent)

Lai Yuan-Shueh賴燕雪

Ilan County

Kuo Wen-Chen郭玟成 (incumbent)

Chen Ou-Poh陳歐珀

Tainan City Taipei City New Taipei City Hsinchu County

Yeh Yi-Jin葉宜津 (incumbent)

Yao Wen-Chih姚文智

Lin Shu-Fen林淑芬 (incumbent)

Perng Shaw-Jiin彭紹瑾(incumbent)

Huang Wei-Cheh黃偉哲

Gao Jyh-Peng高志鵬 (incumbent)

Chen Ting-Fei陳亭妃(incumbent)

Taoyuan County Lin Cho-Shui林濁水

Kuo Jung-Chung郭榮宗(incumbent)

Liao Pen-Yan廖本煙

Keelung City Huang Jen-Shu黃仁杼(incumbent)

Lo Chih-Cheng羅致政

Lin You-Chang林右昌

Chuan Suo-Han莊碩漢



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DPP ends Japan Donation Drive with over NT85 million

DEMOCRACY & PROGRESS

PUBLISHED BY:

Department of International Aff airs DemocraticProgressive Party

9F, No. 30, Pei-Ping EastRoad, Taipei, Taiwan

Tel: 886-2-2392-9989 ext. 306

Fax: 886-2-2393-0342

Email: [email protected]

Website:

http://www.dpp.org.tw

DIRECTOR:

Bikhim Hsiao

DEPUTY DIRECTOR:

Hsieh Huai-hui

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF:

Michael J. Fonte

EDITOR:

Ping -Ya Hsu

The DPP Japan Donation Drive for victims of Japan’s March 11

earthquake has reached to a close. The one-month donation

drive took place from March 16 to April 16, and a total of NT85

million and 408,096 thousand was wired directly to the Red

Cross of Japan on April 18. The DPP shouldered all administra-

tive costs, meaning that all donations given by the public went

directly to the Red Cross in Japan.

Former Premier and Central Standing Committee Member

Frank Hsieh hosted the press conference on April 20 at the DPP,announcing the total amount collected. Other members of the

DPP's Central Standing Committee also gathered at the press

conference to show the DPP's support for Japan.

Former Premier Hsieh said that this time’s donation drive

organized by the DPP was held in “accordance with the law, in

time and in full”.

“Taiwan is small in size, but our care for others is big,” For-

mer Premier Hsieh said. “Whether we face a domestic or for-

eign tragedy, people are always enthusiastically donating.”

Former Premier Hsieh appealed the Ma Administration toface the security issues of our nuclear power plants as a result

of the nuclear crisis in Japan. He emphasized that our govern-

ment must produce a comprehensive nuclear energy policy, es-

pecially addressing the security issues of the first, second and

third nuclear power plants in Taiwan.

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