Wednesday, May 03, 2006

KMT blocks human rights progress yet again

For those that say that Ma Ying-jeou is different from the KMT authoritarian regime, they need to look again. Once again, the KMT has blocked a human rights initiative in the legislature.

A legislative motion that would have asked the UN and other organizations to investigate China's brutal treatment of Falun Dafa practicioners has been blocked by the KMT. In fact, even the PFP threw its support behind this motion.

Why is the KMT bending over backwards to spare the dictatorship in Beijing its due scrutiny? Why is the KMT so intent on embarassing the DPP, but yet not willing to oppose the terrible human rights record of the Chinese government?

Mr. Ma, if you truly do believe in human rights, its certainly hard to tell.....after all, you did oppose the constitutional reforms in the 1990s that gave Taiwanese the right to directly elect their president.