Former President Ma Ying-jeou will go to China to worship ancestors from 27th to April 7th, and will lead young students to communicate with Chinese students; the picture shows Ma Ying-jeou attending the "76th Anniversary of the 228 Incident in Taipei City" on February 28th, when entering the venue Cup hands to pay tribute to the families of the 228 victims.

(File photo, photo by reporter Liu Xinde)

[Reporter Xie Junlin/Taipei Report] Former President Ma Ying-jeou will go to China to worship ancestors from 27th to April 7th, and will lead young students to communicate with Chinese students; because the time coincides with President Tsai Ing-wen’s visit to the United States at the end of the month, it has sparked discussions between the ruling and opposition parties .

The Democratic Progressive Party Group of the Legislative Yuan held a press conference today (20th), questioning whether Ma Ying-jeou's trip was "chosen by himself or was chosen"; he called Ma Ying-jeou to ensure the dignity of the "former president of the Republic of China" and wished Ma Ying-jeou a smooth trip. "Pass with dignity and come back".

In response to former President Ma's visit to China, Zheng Yunpeng, secretary-general of the Democratic Progressive Party, said that many countries in the world support Taiwan and have many doubts about China. He hopes that Ma's visit to China will not cause international misunderstandings about Taiwan.

He also mentioned that the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of China called Ma Ying-jeou "Mr." Although Ma Ying-jeou is not the current president, "it is correct to write like this", but if you can write about the former president, I believe everyone will agree and support it.

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DPP Legislator Liu Shifang said that every time Ma Ying-jeou came to China to express his position, he made a decision within the framework, including: One China, both sides of the strait are Chinese, etc., hope that Ma Ying-jeou’s national security unit will ensure that his trip is safe, Don't be designed, united, and divided. I also remind Ma Ying-jeou that he is a former president after all. I hope that Ma Ying-jeou will retain the dignity of the former president of the Republic of China and come back with dignity.

Hong Shenhan, deputy secretary-general of the DPP group, pointed out that the DPP does not oppose cross-strait exchanges, but hopes to normalize the government-to-government form. The problem now lies with the CCP, which has become a significant obstacle to cross-strait exchanges; what is currently worrying is that, Who can communicate with China now is screened by the Chinese Communist Party. Only those who advocate one China, the ultimate unification of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, and mutual subordination of the two sides can go to China for exchanges.

Hong Shenhan said that Ma Ying-jeou's office mentioned many times in the earlier press conference that "guests do what they want". The location is in China, and they are the hosts, but they don't want it to become the leader and director, while the guests are just cooperating actors. The pawn falls into the CCP’s united front script; because Ma Ying-jeou once stood up against President Tsai’s claim that the two countries should not belong to each other, “We don’t want the international community to misinterpret the cross-strait situation.”

Democratic Progressive Party legislator Zhao Tianlin said that a visit by a head of state or a former head of state will be given a certain meaning by the international community to a certain extent. For example, Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia will be described as a warm welcome from two dictators. .

He reminded that Ma Ying-jeou abandoned his most admired "one China, each model" when the "Ma Xi Conference" was such a good opportunity in the past. If the guests of this trip fall into Xi's ultimate unified plan, it will be a loss of power and humiliation of the country.

Fan Yun, a legislator of the Democratic Progressive Party, pointed out that as an individual, Mr. Ma Ying-jeou has the freedom to go to China to worship his ancestors; but as a former president of Taiwan who still enjoys the courtesy of the outgoing head of state, he hopes that he will not become the biggest model of the CCP’s United Front and not damage Taiwan’s sovereignty. , "Don't let the country you once served as president be dwarfed and humiliated by the CCP."

The Democratic Progressive Party of the Legislative Yuan questioned Ma Ying-jeou's trip on the 20th at a press conference, "whether he chose it or was chosen." He also called for Ma Ying-jeou to ensure the dignity of the "former president of the Republic of China" and wished him a smooth trip. return".

From right: Legislator Zhao Tianlin, party secretary-general Zheng Yunpeng, party secretary-general Hong Shenhan, legislator Liu Shifang.

(Photo by reporter Zhu Peixiong)