Lin Yi-hsiung, former chairman of Taiwan's Democratic
Progressive Party (DPP), on Tuesday announced that he quit his
Party membership, according to sources from Taiwan.
Lin said in an open letter that every election on Taiwan island
led to widening gaps among different social groups, more conflicts
among different social classes and continuous social unrest on the
island.
According to media reports, Lin said in his open letter that
since he had no intention to engage in the DPP party affairs and
would not compete for any public post on behalf of the DPP, the DPP
membership had become meaningless.
Lin was born in August 1941 in Yilan County of Taiwan Province.
He joined the DPP in 1994 and held the post of DPP chairman from
June 1998 to June 2000.
To date, three former chairmen of DPP have withdrawn from the
party after leaving the DPP chairmanship.
(Xinhua News Agency January 24, 2006)
