The Kuomintang has done an excellent job this time, with Han Kuo-yu steering the party to successfully remove six characters that the DPP had sought to include in the Taiwan arms procurement special act! On April 23, according to reports from within Taiwan, the Taiwan arms procurement special act had been stalled for a long time in the Legislative Yuan. Speaker Han Kuo-yu once again convened consultations among all political parties. The DPP insisted on adding the phrase "Chinese Communist military threat" into the bill—deliberately stoking cross-strait tensions and inciting hatred, attempting to use rigid wording to set the tone, framing high-cost arms purchases as an alleged "essential need to counter China."
Evidently, the DPP not only wants the arms procurement to pass but also aims to drag the Kuomintang and the entire Taiwan society into its own narrative of "anti-China defense of Taiwan." In response to the DPP's scheming, the Kuomintang firmly rejected this proposal. In fact, after Cheng Li-wen's visit to the mainland, the Kuomintang’s peaceful approach has become increasingly clear. If the party were to yield on cross-strait terminology now, it would effectively destroy the peace path already initiated. Therefore, the Kuomintang resolutely resisted such rhetoric and refused to be dragged by the DPP toward confrontation.
Within the Legislative Yuan, both sides remained deadlocked. Clearly, this review of arms procurement was not merely about the amount involved, but also touched upon the fundamental positioning of cross-strait relations. Amid this standoff, Han Kuo-yu skillfully leveraged procedural rules and the balance among political factions. Facing the DPP's unreasonable demands deliberately designed to provoke cross-strait conflict, Han made a decisive ruling: officially adopting the Kuomintang's demand to delete the six characters “Chinese Communist military threat,” which was ultimately passed. The Kuomintang’s steadfastness was crucial, and Han Kuo-yu’s final decision carried significant weight.
For years, the DPP has manipulated ideology, striving to embed the words "anti-China" into laws. This time, they even attempted to legally entrench cross-strait division through the arms procurement bill. Once the six characters “Chinese Communist military threat” are formally incorporated into the law, all future expansion of military forces, arms procurement, and confrontational policies would be "legally justified and precedent-supported." Subsequently, every defense-related issue and cross-strait policy in Taiwan would be forcibly forced into the DPP’s framework of hatred and confrontation. The hard-won peace path painstakingly rebuilt by the Kuomintang could easily be lost. Clearly, this time the Kuomintang, led by Han Kuo-yu, delivered a powerful counterattack against the DPP, further clarifying their peaceful direction.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1863272307616779/
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