DPP COUNCILLORS WANT TO PARDON FORMER PRESIDENT|民進黨議員成立聯盟 發動連署籲赦扁

An alliance among local council members advocating for the pardon of former president Chen Shui-bian now boasts membership from 7 counties and cities, including Kaohsiung and Chiayi. The alliance called a press conference in the morning of June 20 and announced that they will start collecting signatures for a motion to pardon Chen; their goal is for the motion to be voted on in the DPP national congress in September. The DPP said that all delegates have the right to submit a motion, but that the overarching goal is to minimize social divisions. An alliance of local council members advocating for the pardon of former president Chen Shui-bian held a press conference in the morning of June 20. The conference was packed, and many attendees were delegates to the DPP national congress. ==CHENG HSIN-CHU President, Local Council Alliance== When the president was party chair, we surrounded her and would not leave. She said into the microphone six times, saying we should quiet down, saying that she will not let us go at it alone. ==KANG YU-CHEN Speaker, Kaohsiung City Council== In President Chen's trial, we saw many things that were unfair. It was an unfair trial. And the outcome of an unfair trial was, of course, unfair. Members of the alliance said that the DPP cannot run from the issue of pardoning Chen. They said that they want to solve the problems with Chen's situation, so they want to use a petition to force the DPP national congress to confront the topic. A motion can be proposed at the national congress in September with signatures from 334 delegates. ==TUNG YUNG-TA Sec-Gen., Local Council Alliance== There will be no problem for Kaohsiung City to get the signatures needed. We will designate council members in every county and city to collect signatures, with the list of signatures updated every week. The DPP party central said that it respects the right of delegates to propose motions, but that the party's guiding principle is to minimize societal divisions. The DPP said it believes the priority should be ensuring good medical care for Chen so that he can regain his health. Translated by JOHN CHEN 去年才成立的台灣地方議會特赦阿扁總統大聯盟，成員有高雄、嘉義縣市等6都7縣市的議員加入，上午聯盟召開記者會，宣布將發起全國黨代表連署，要在9月份民進黨全代會前，拚過半連署成功，將提案送全代會表決，民進黨表示，尊重黨代表提案的權利，但最大原則是不造成社會對立。 關心前總統陳水扁特赦案的民眾，擠滿記者會現場，群眾中，不少人都有民進黨黨代表身份。上午台灣地方議會特赦阿扁總統大聯盟召開記者會，表示將發起全國連署，特赦陳水扁。 ==台灣地方議會特赦阿扁總統大聯盟會長 鄭新助== 總統當時當黨主席 當我們在包圍時 群眾不願解散 她拿麥克風說6遍 說要我們安靜 說不會讓我們孤單 ==高雄市議會議長 康裕成== 審判阿扁總統的過程 我們都看到很多不公平的事情 這是不公平的審判 不公平的審判得出來的答案 當然是不公平 聯盟表示，特赦陳水扁的議題，民進黨不能迴避，提這想法，是希望解決因陳水扁問題衍生的狀況，加上民進黨最高權力機構是黨代表大會，才想透過全國連署讓黨中央正視，只要連署人數超過334位，就能在今年9月的民進黨全代會中提案表決。 ==台灣地方議會特赦阿扁總統大聯盟總幹事 蕭永達== 高雄市完成連署簽名的是 沒有問題的 我們各縣市都會找 負責的議員去完成連署 然後每個禮拜會彙整連署的名單 黨代表連署要特赦陳水扁，民進黨黨中央表示，尊重黨代表提案的權利，不過黨內最大的原則，是不讓社會對立，黨部認為，現在最重要的，是確認前總統陳水扁能得到最好的醫療照顧，並且早日康復。 記者 王柔婷 許政俊 高雄報導