TIME: What will be your first act as President?
Chen Shui-bian: First I have to make four calls and see one person. The four
calls will be to the other candidates to express my appreciation for the
opportunity I had to mature and grow during the campaign period. The one person
I must see is Lee Teng-hui, since I am succeeding him as President. He
contributed a lot to Taiwan's democracy and progress, and I will seek his
advice on many matters of domestic and international affairs. I think we should
form a government that crosses ethnic and party lines, and the DPP should build
links to all the other parties. Now that the election is over, passions must
subside, especially in cross-Strait relations. We would propose active
conciliation to reduce tensions
TIME: What was the most memorable part of the campaign?
Chen: Initially, during the struggle inside my party for the nomination and
then the three-way race of candidates, some in the party didn't support me and
doubted my ability to win. But one year later the party came around fully
behind me. This has been a very complex and moving transition for me. As I said
in my speech [at the close of his campaign last Friday], during all this
campaigning and speaking my body has grown very tired. But when I go home and
see my wife and family, my heart is not tired. All my supporters warm my heart
and give me great strength and encouragement.
TIME: How did you feel at your last rally with those members of the Kaohsiung
Eight (pro-democracy protesters who were arrested in Kaohsiung and jailed in
1979 in a crackdown by the KMT that led to even greater momentum for democracy
and ultimately the founding of Chen's party) behind you on stage?
Chen: I sincerely appreciate the support and encouragement of those leaders of
democracy. They are passing the torch in the fight for democracy to the younger
generation. We are opening a new era in Taiwan's democracy, but we must not
forget the efforts of those in the past. It was not just me who won the
election: it was a joint effort by the whole DPP. This is the greatest victory
of Taiwan's democracy movement. You mentioned the Kaohsiung Eight--among them
was Huang Hsin-chie, their leader and the founder of our party. Unfortunately
he passed away, but I think that now the election is over I will visit his
grave to pay my respects--we know that he is watching us.
TIME: How will you reassure Taiwan and the rest of the world that there will
not be war in the Taiwan Strait?
Chen: First of all, we will build a cross-party coalition to deal with the
very difficult issue of cross-Strait relations. I will not even wait for the
inauguration [on May 20] but start right away because this is such an important
issue. Without a cross-party consensus behind me, it would be very difficult to
proceed. Second, although I am proud to be a member of the DPP, national
interests must come before party and personal interests. I will keep a clear
line between party and state interests. I would like to visit the United
States, Japan and possibly Singapore and other concerned states to communicate
with them on security issues. And I hope before May 20 to make a goodwill visit
to China. On cross-Strait relations, I will invite [Nobel Prize winner]
Dr. Lee Yuan-tseh to lead a group of consultants, and I will invite experts
like [chief cross-Strait negotiator] Koo Chen-fu, who have been working on this
area in the past.
摘錄自www.cnn.com
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