PCT comments on results of 2010 elections
Reported by Sam Lee, Lin Yi-ying
Written by Lydia Ma
Soon after results of the Five Special Municipality Elections were posted, PCT General Assembly Moderator Lai Hsien-Chang and General Secretary Andrew Chang underscored that PCT would continue to speak out on behalf of Taiwan and protect Taiwanese people’s interests.
The PCT has always advocated for the creation of an independent country and this stand remains firm despite the outcome of the 2010 election, they said.
The November 27 election saw the KMT take the mayoralty for Sinbei, Taipei, and Taichung, while the DPP continued its stronghold in Tainan and Kaohsiung.
Lai reiterated that PCT will support any candidate, regardless of party affiliation, willing to work toward creating “a new and independent Taiwan” as this goal is consistent with the PCT’s confession of faith – rooted in Taiwan, identifying with all of Taiwan’s inhabitants, and through love and suffering becoming the sign of hope.
Two days prior election day, Lai and Chang visited DPP candidate for Taipei City Su Tseng-chang and DPP candidate for Sinbei City Tsai Ing-wen to give them Bibles on behalf of PCT and to encourage them to serve their electorates with God’s love and justice.
Commenting on the shooting of Sean Lien, one of former Vice-President Lien Chan’s sons, as he was campaigning for a KMT candidate the day before election day, both Chang and Lai said the incident cast a shadow on this election and affected results to a certain extent. But both are also eager to move on now that elections are over, forgetting what’s past and pressing toward the future, and trusting God for justice.
In south Taiwan, Tainan Presbytery Vice-Moderator Sung Hsin-hsi said no spats were reported between ethnic groups in Taiwan during this year’s campaign, which is the best part about this election. At the same time, he lamented that Sean Lien’s shooting, which should’ve been handed over to law enforcement agencies for criminal prosecution and left at that, was instead used as a political tool to attack candidates or dissuade voters.
