All hail Lien the Equivocator - TW

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Another issue has been added to the long list of things that the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the People First Party (PFP) cannot agree on -- whether to pick up their referendum ballots.

On Tuesday, PFP Chairman James Soong (???) said that he would boycott the referendum. The following day, Legislative Yuan Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (???), a KMT vice chairman, said not only that he would vote in the referendum, but also that the PFP had not even discussed the issue with his party. Pan-blue supporters could be forgiven for feeling confused about what they should do, since neither KMT Chairman Lien Chan (??) nor Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (???) have been willing to say what they will do.

No law will be broken if a person does not vote in the referendum, but it is a civic duty and a precious opportunity to ensure that the people's voice can be heard.

Politicians and government officials who oppose this, such as Soong and PFP lawmakers who plan to ape their leader, set very bad examples for a young democracy.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/edit/archives/2004/02/20/2003099459