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Taiwan's Chen resigns as separatist party leader
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-12-14 00:09
Leader of China's Taiwan province Chen Shui-bian Tuesday resigned as chairman
of the pro- independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in the wake of its
defeat in legislative elections.
Chen's
resignation was accepted at the party's Central Standing Committee meeting,
which named DPP legislative whip Ker Chien-ming acting chairman until a new
chairman is elected later.
Before the meeting, Chen said he would "take full responsibility" for losing
the elections, in which the opposition parties won a majority of Taiwan's new
legislature in Saturday's vote.
He said DPP had been "too overconfident and hasty" in the elections, but said
he would persist in efforts to "make Taiwan a normal country."
The incumbent Taiwan leader and his "pan-green" alliance are advocates of
Taiwan's independence from China, a position the Chinese government strongly
opposes.
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