The actual intention of some Taiwan separatists who released a
proposed draft of "second republic constitution" was to seek "de
jure Taiwan independence", said a Chinese mainland scholar on
Sunday.
"Their intention is to deny the fact that both the mainland and
Taiwan belong to one China," said Xu Shiquan, deputy director of
the National Research Institute of Taiwan.
In an interview with Xinhua on Sunday, Xu said separatists of
"Taiwan independence" obviously felt guilty when they took the
separatist step, because they released the draft in the name of
"the Republic of China."
"Their proposition in the draft equals to 'one country on each
side'," Xu said, noting that the separatists could hardly disguise
their true intention of "de jure Taiwan independence".
Taiwan University Professor Chen Ming-tong and other scholars
made public the proposed draft of the "second republic
constitution" on March 18. The draft proposed to change some terms
of the current "constitution" in Taiwan.
In addition, it advocated determining cross-Straits political
relations through a "referendum". It also explicitly called the
"second republic constitution" a "Constitution of Taiwan".
Xu revealed that Chen Ming-tong and other scholars who made the
proposed draft had been supported by Chen Shui-bian, the current
leader of the Taiwan.
Chen Shui-bian was the real wire-puller whose objective was to
divert the attention of Taiwan people from his scandal and
inefficiency in governing, Xu told Xinhua.
On the other hand, Xu said, Chen Shui-bian intended to suppress
different opinions within his Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)
with the intention of amending the "constitution" and "Taiwan
Independence" when the DPP was faced with power transition in the
upcoming "elections" in Taiwan.
Another mainland scholar Xu Bodong told Xinhua that the draft
was to entirely abolish the current "constitution" in Taiwan.
"If the DPP adopted and submitted it to the "Legislative Yuan"
for deliberation, it could be regarded as an overt provocation of
'de jure Taiwan independence'," said Xu Bodong, director of the
Taiwan Research Institute of Beijing Union University.
The scholar also believed that Chen Shui-bian was the
manipulator hidden behind. "The draft could not have been the
opinion of only several scholars," he said. "The draft is a new
action to attempt 'de jure Taiwan independence' by the DPP
authority."
Xu Bodong said that the DPP and Chen Shui-bian want not only to
buy "votes" but also promote "de jure Taiwan independence" with
substantial actions.
Xu Shiquan also said the "second republic constitution" was
another risk that the Taiwan separatists had taken and the mainland
would not tolerate their scheme's success and make preparations for
the worst situation.
(Xinhua News Agency March 26, 2007)