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DPP lawmakers pour
scorn on Ma¡¦s PRC missiles policy
¡¥DELUDED¡¦: DPP Legislator Tsai Huang-lang said
the number of missiles China deploys against Taiwan had grown, not decreased
since Ma came into office in 2008
By Huang Wei-chu / Staff Reporter
The approach that President Ma Ying-jeou¡¦s (°¨^¤E) administration uses to request
that China reduce the number of missiles it targets at Taiwan has drawn severe
criticism from Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators.
The Research, Development and Evaluation Commission has said the administration
endeavored to encourage Beijing to dismantle its missile arsenal threatening
Taiwan during formal occasions or at cross-strait seminars. About 1,900 short,
medium-range and cruise missiles are currently aimed at Taiwan, defense
officials say, a number that has grown at a rate of about 100 a year in the past
decade.
GRADUAL RESULTS
The commission said at the beginning of the year that Ma¡¦s ¡§missile decrease¡¨
policy and sustained requests to Beijing were showing gradual results.
¡§The actions of the government are in accordance with President Ma¡¦s policies,¡¨
commission spokesperson Sung Yu-hsieh (§º¾l«L) said, adding that no attempts to
deceive the public had been made.
However, DPP legislators do not agree.
¡¥INTERNATIONAL JOKE¡¦
DPP Legislator Tsai Huang-lang (½²·×·ã) said the Ma administration¡¦s claim that the
policy was showing gradual benefits is ¡§an international joke.¡¨
Tsai said the number of missiles China has aimed at Taiwan had ¡§grown rather
than decreased¡¨ since Ma came into office in 2008, a fact that was well known to
the international community.
¡¥DELUDED¡¦
The Ma administration is ¡§deluded,¡¨ Tsai said.
DPP Legislator Su Chen-ching (Ĭ¾_²M) said Ma¡¦s ¡§glossing over¡¨ the policy would
cost him his credibility with the public.
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