DPP spokesman Xie Peifen. Photo: Lin Chaoyi/Photo (file photo)
In response to the media report on Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe and the transfer promotion today (19th), DPP spokesperson Xie Peifen responded, including the transfer promotion and Huang Weizhe himself have made relevant responses and clarifications to the report. The DPP believes that, The purpose of transitional justice is to fully clarify the “truth” of the authoritarian system and how the Kuomintang government used the authoritarian system to restrict and suppress the people’s rights to freedom and democracy, thereby enabling society to face the truth and seek reconciliation. The DPP supports Huang Weizhe to take the initiative to explain and restore the situation of the year to the outside world, and hopes that the transfer promotion will continue to work hard on the promotion of transitional justice and the truth, and implement the goal of promoting the transfer.
Xie Peifen emphasized that the core original intention of promoting transitional justice following the DPP came to power was not to liquidate, let alone struggle, but to expose the faults committed by the authoritarian regime, so that the real perpetrators might honestly face the faults they committed in the past. I sincerely apologize to the victims and Taiwanese society, so that the whole society can face the truth, clarify responsibilities, repair wounds, reconcile and tolerate, and enable Taiwan to move towards a common future.
Xie Peifen said that transitional justice is not just regarding opening up political archives. Just as the Committee for Promoting Transitional Justice has said, it may be arbitrary to fully believe in it or to overthrow it completely. In the future, when using relevant archives, you should still be cautious and verify and compare multiple parties. Help restore history. Regardless of the political parties in the ruling and opposition parties, there is still work to be done, and we should once once more call on the Kuomintang to sincerely face the responsibility of transformation and justice, and have the courage to face the historical responsibility of authoritarian rule of Taiwan in the past. Continuing to deepen Taiwan’s democracy and continue to promote transitional justice is still an important task and work for the DPP in the future.
The DPP supports Huang Weizhe to take the initiative to explain and restore the situation of the year to the outside world, and hopes that the transfer promotion will continue to work hard on the promotion of transitional justice and the truth, and implement the goal of promoting the transfer.
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