Lien Chan: You want to talk about a coup d'etat? - TW

By Ruan Ming ??

Friday, May 07, 2004,Page 8

What is a coup d'etat? It is an assumption of national authority through an illegal procedure. According to Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Lien Chan's (??) definition, it is called "stealing the state." But it was Lien who intended to steal the country. However, due to his misjudgment of the internal and external situation, he failed to steal Taiwan when his intention was unveiled.

He panicked when both President Chen Shui-bian (???) and former president Lee Teng-hui (???) pointed out his conspiracy by calling the opposition's mass protests from March 21 through 27 an "aborted coup d'etat." Because of his fear of public criticism, he slyly claimed that Chen viewed the Taiwanese people's expression of opinion as a coup, a statement I think is balderdash! This could be best described as "confusing the public," and "the more concealed, the more conspicuous."

Public demonstrations are considered quite normal in a democratic country. If a demonstration gets out of control when violence occurs, both the law and the police will deal with it. How can a demonstration be mixed up with a coup? Taiwan is already a mature democratic county, and the Taiwanese people do not easily believe in politicians' populism in light of their democratic sensibility. The nationalization of Taiwan's military is laudable, and military officers will never become adventurists' tools for stealing the nation. It's tragic that Lien actually intended to steal the country in the post-election chaos.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/edit/archives/2004/05/07/2003154472

Seems that everyone in the world knew this was a coup attempt except Jackie 'Whore' Chan and Mikie 'Whore' Chinoy!