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(March 19,
2005/ Taipei) The Council of Asian Liberals & Democrats (CALD)
unanimously passed today CALD Resolution No. 2, S. 2005
regretting the endorsement of non-peaceful measures of the
Anti-Secession Law which was passed by China’s National People’s
Congress and calling for a peaceful resolution to the cross-straits
differences.
Last March
14, the Tenth People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of
China adopted the Anti-Secession Law for the purpose of
“opposing and checking Taiwan’s secession from China by
secessionists in the name of Taiwan independence,” among others.
Article 8 of
the said law stipulates that “in the event that the ‘Taiwan
independence’ secessionist forces should act under any name or
by any means to cause the fact of Taiwan’s secession from
China…the state shall employ non-peaceful means and other
necessary measures to protect China’s sovereignty and
territorial integrity.”
Recognizing
Taiwan’s development as a pluralistic, open and democratic
society, CALD expressed its concern that the utilization of
non-peaceful measures in resolving conflict run counter to its
principles, values and interests.
It,
therefore, renewed its call for peaceful dialogue in order to
resolve the current conflict. |
