Mainland official lashes out at Taiwan's "second republic constitution" proposal
28/3/2007 15:04
A Chinese mainland official today lashed out at a draft "constitution"
proposed by Taiwan separatists.
"The draft of the 'second republic
constitution' caters to Chen Shui-bian's conspiracy of 'de jure Taiwan
independence' and overtly writes in the secessionist assertion of 'one country
on each side'," Yang Yi, spokesman of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State
Council, said.
Yang said the draft, which denies the fact that both the
mainland and Taiwan belong to one China, is aimed at splitting China and the
Chinese nation.
Taiwan University Professor Chen Ming-tong and other scholars
publicized a proposed draft of the "second republic constitution" on March
18.
The proposed draft puts the People's Republic of China alongside the
"Republic of China". It also advocates determining cross-Straits political
relations through a "referendum".
Yang said the proposed draft has been
widely criticized within Taiwan for attempting to deceive the Taiwan people and
the international community by pushing for a new "constitution" under the
pretext of freezing the current one.
Mainland scholars said the "second
republic constitution" is one of the approaches to "pushing 'Taiwan
independence' through constitutional reform" proposed by Taiwan leader Chen
Shui-bian a long time ago.
Scholars also pointed out that the draft was more
deceptive compared with the more direct attempts at "Taiwan independence" that
had been made in the past.
"We firmly oppose the scheming of Chen Shui-bian
and the Taiwan secessionist forces, which attempts to seek 'de jure Taiwan
independence' through so-called 'constitutional reform'," Yang said.
"We are
closely monitoring the situation," he said, adding that "We will never allow the
Taiwan secessionist forces to separate Taiwan from China in any name and by any
means."
Xinhua
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