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1992 consensus ¡¥biggest lie¡¦: Chen
STAFF WRITER
Monday, Feb 08, 2010, Page 3
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Supporters of former president Chen Shui-bian
gather in Kaohsiung yesterday to demand that Chen be allowed to celebrate the
Lunar New Year holidays at home. The text on the balloons reads ¡§A-bian is
innocent!¡¨
PHOTO: HOU CHENG-TAN, TAIPEI TIMES
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The so-called ¡§1992 consensus¡¨ between Taiwan and China never
existed and is nothing but a lie, former president Chen Shui-bian (³¯¤ô«ó) said
yesterday.
In an excerpt of an interview published by the Chinese-language Formosa Weekly,
which was founded by former vice president Annette Lu (§f¨q½¬), Chen described the
¡§one China, different interpretations consensus¡¨ President Ma Ying-jeou (°¨^¤E)
has been insisting on as ¡§the biggest lie in history.¡¨
Chen referred to talks between former president Lee Teng-hui (§õµn½÷), former
Mainland Affairs Council chairman Huang Kun-hui (¶À©ø½÷) and late Straits Exchange
Foundation chairman Koo Chen-fu (¶d®¶¨j) to support his argument, saying it would
be impossible for Ma to help Taiwanese reach a consensus regarding cross-strait
issues based on the ¡§1992 consensus.¡¨
Chen said he did not support the ¡§1992 consensus,¡¨ which was based on ¡§Republic
of China [ROC]¡¨ or ¡§president of the ROC.¡¨ The greatest common denominator
between pan-blues and pan-green on national identity, Chen said, is ¡§Taiwan,¡¨
not the ¡§ROC.¡¨
Chen said Taiwan¡¦s democratization and future referendum proposals should focus
on rejecting unification with China and protecting Taiwan.
Chen also accused Ma of lying when he said that it would be easier for Taiwan to
sign free-trade agreements (FTA) with other countries after both sides of the
Taiwan Strait sign an economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA).
As Beijing never saw Taiwan as a country, but rather as a region of China, Chen
said China could not agree that Taiwan is eligible to sign FTAs with other
countries.
The Ma administration¡¦s proposed ECFA originated from plans for a comprehensive
economic cooperation agreement (CECA) with China. A CECA is similar to the
comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) that was intended to ¡§build
closer economic and trade ties between Hong Kong and China,¡¨ Chen said.
Given China¡¦s refusal to abandon the military option against Taiwan and the
growing number of missiles it aims at it, any negotiations on a cross-strait
peace agreement and establishment of cross-strait military security mechanisms
would be made under a ¡§one China¡¨ precondition, Chen said.
Chen said Ma was unlikely to benefit from his cross-strait policy in his
re-election bid.
Chen has been confined at the Taipei Detention House in Tucheng (¤g«°), Taipei
County, since December 2008 on charges of corruption, money laundering and
embezzlement.
Both Chen and his wife, Wu Shu-jen (§d²Q¬Ã), were sentenced on Sept. 11 by the
Taipei District Court to life in prison on several counts of corruption.
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