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DPP welcomes US
support for ICAO observer status
FLYING HIGH: The DPP’s US representative is to
pass on the party’s thanks after the US enacted a law supporting Taiwanese
membership in certain international organizations
By Chris Wang / Staff reporter
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) yesterday welcomed the announcement of US
support for Taiwan’s participation in the International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO).
US President Barack Obama on Friday signed into law H.R. 1151, which commits
Washington to full support of Taiwan’s membership of organizations where
statehood is not a requirement.
DPP Chairman Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) was informed during his visit to the US in
June that the US House of Representatives and the Senate were expected to pass
the resolution supporting Taiwan’s bid for ICAO observer status, DPP Department
of International Affairs director Liu Shih-chung (劉世忠) said yesterday
Joseph Wu (吳釗燮), the party’s US representative, is visiting Washington and would
thank the US administrative and legislative branches for their efforts, Liu
said.
The US administration has publicly supported Taiwan’s participation in the ICAO
and would continue to do so, the DPP said.
Meanwhile, the DPP legislative caucus said yesterday that it has not yet
discussed its priorities for the second extra legislative session, which is
scheduled to begin on July 29, because the party opposes the session.
DPP caucus Secretary-General Gao Jyh-peng (高志鵬) said extra sessions “should not
have become a normalized practice in the first place” and criticized the Chinese
Nationalist Party (KMT) for “always trying to pass controversial legislation in
the extra sessions rather than in regular ones.”
Gao said the DPP caucus would meet tomorrow to discuss strategy as the KMT
caucus has placed the cross-strait service trade pact and a proposed referendum
on the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in Gongliao (貢寮), New Taipei City (新北市), on
the agenda for the session.
DPP caucus convener Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘) had previously said “things would get
bloody” if the KMT insists on pushing through its agenda in the second extra
session, adding that the DPP believes that the service trade pact should not be
voted on as a package, and should be reviewed in sections.
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