Letters | To win back Taiwan, KMT must return to its anti-communist roots
After the recall vote went against him, Han, instead of reflecting on his actions, blamed the Democratic Progressive Party for expending a great deal of effort on removing him from office, rather than working for the welfare of the people.
However, pointing fingers is not a wise course of action for the Kuomintang and its members. Han himself and his party must bear much of the blame for his defeat.
First, Han should have committed to serving the public as a mayor. He had been elected mayor because the DPP leadership had disappointed the people. Instead, he failed to keep his unworkable promises, such as drilling for oil on Taiping Island, met Beijing’s top official in Hong Kong and focused on his run for president instead of his mayoral duties.
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The party’s ambiguous position on Beijing also hurt Han. Unlike in the Chiang Kai-shek era, the party abandoned its firm anti-communist policy in favour of a one-China policy.
