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Group to name and
shame KMT members over plant
SCARLET LIST: The group said it would publish a
list to single out those KMT lawmakers who obeyed their party instead of the
public on the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant
By Shih Hsiao-kuang and Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter, with staff
writer
An anti-nuclear civic group yesterday threatened to publish a list of names of
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers that it said answer only to their
superiors and refuse to listen to the public about the completion of the Fourth
Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City¡¦s (·s¥_¥«) Gongliao District (°^¼d), amid
allegations that the KMT¡¦s top leadership has banned party members from
expressing their stance on the controversial issue.
The Green Citizens¡¦ Action Alliance issued the warning to KMT legislators after
a survey it gave to all lawmakers to gauge their perspectives on the issue
received only a lukewarm response from the KMT legislative caucus.
The survey asked several questions to solicit lawmaker¡¦s views on nuclear
issues, including: whether they agree with slashing the budgets earmarked for
the plant¡¦s construction; whether they support letting the fate of the power
plant be decided by the legislature; whether they are in favor of halting the
plant¡¦s construction before the legislature comes to a consensus on the matter;
and whether they assent to continuing to rely on nuclear power despite not
having a well-thought-out method for the disposal of nuclear waste.
Hsu Shih-ya (®}¸Ö¶®), a research fellow at the alliance who is in charge of the
survey, said that among the 50 responses it had collected from lawmakers so far,
only two were from KMT members, a number she said was far less than the number
of KMT legislators who had reservations about letting the power plant¡¦s fate be
decided by a national referendum.
¡§From my understanding, a number of KMT lawmakers believe that the proposed
plebiscite could not address the safety issues surrounding the plant, nor solve
the problems of nuclear waste disposal,¡¨ Hsu said.
KMT caucus whip Lai Shyh-bao (¿à¤h¸¶) yesterday said that the caucus had decided
not to respond to any surveys on the power plant.
¡§The fate of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant should be decided by the public, not
the legislature ¡K and such surveys are meaningless,¡¨ Lai said.
In response, Hsu said the alliance would join forces with other anti-nuclear
civic groups to pressure the legislature on the matter and would also make
public a list of KMT lawmakers who act against the public¡¦s will after the
survey¡¦s submission deadline tomorrow.
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