Taiwan Nation Alliance Refuses to Work With Taipei Mayor 市長是蔣萬安 獨派不與北市合辦228活動

Taiwan Nation Alliance announced that they will not be holding the Feb. 28 incident event this year with the Taipei City Government because family members of victims do not want to be seen together with mayor Chiang Wan-an on stage.  

Taipei City Mayor Chiang Wan-an recently visited the Taipei Songshan Elementary School to see how the students and teachers interact in class. As the end of February is approaching, a great deal of political attention is falling on the yearly Feb. 28 incident memorial event, which the Taipei City Government has been holding with the Taiwan Nation Alliance for many years. However, the alliance said straight out that they would not be holding the event with the Taipei City Government this year since families of the Feb. 28 victims could not imagine being on stage with the perpetrator's descendant.

Li Pang-fu, Director, Taiwan Nation Alliance: “Everyone should know who Chang Yen-hsien is. He had written a research report that aimed to attribute responsibility regarding the 228 Incident. The report clearly pointed to Chiang Kai-shek as the main culprit behind the Feb. 28, so why should we, as victims, be holding the memorial event with our perpetrator?”

In response to how Chiang Kai-shek should be regarded in history, Mayor Chiang simply said "let history be history." He is asking the central government to reveal all historical files and information so people can learn more about the incident and hopefully foster reconciliation in society.

Chiang Wan-an, Taipei City Mayor: “We just do our best to listen to the family members and hear what they have to say. We hope to do whatever we can, on the level of city governance; we won't dodge.”

Taipei Deputy Mayor Lin Yi-hua said the Department of Cultural Affairs under the city government has been the main organizer for years, and it is the city government's earnest hope to continue carrying out the event, to march forward with everyone involved. They will make sure to arrange the event the best they could. Lin stressed that Chiang is the head of all Taipei City residents and he will definitely show his sincerity as the mayor.

台北市長蔣萬安開學日前往松山國小視察學生上學情況，但各界關注北市府與台北市二二八協會、台灣國家聯盟合辦紀念活動已行之有年，隨著新市長蔣萬安上任，台灣國家聯盟率先宣布中斷合辦二二八紀念活動，直言多數受害家屬無法容忍與加害者後代同台。

台灣國家聯盟主任李邦孚說：「張炎憲大家知道吧，他有寫一個責任歸屬說，蔣介石是二二八的元凶，他自認他是他的後代，所以我們二二八受難者為什麼要跟加害者一起合辦紀念會？」

針對蔣介石的歷史定位，蔣萬安僅表示「讓歷史回歸歷史」，並希望政府公布相關史料、檔案，還原歷史真相，達成社會和解目標。

台北市長蔣萬安回應：「我們就是用心傾聽，家屬們他們一直都有很多的想法意見，我們就是希望能有各種機會，儘可能的在現在市政層次上面，能做的，都一定會做，不會迴避。」

北市副市長林奕華則表示，文化局主辦二二八活動多年，以北市府角度，還是希望以紀念活動讓大家一起透過這樣的歷史彼此往前邁進，希望用最大誠意把活動辦到最好。她表示蔣萬安身為市長，是台北市的大家長，一定要在這樣的事情上，表示出身為政府該有的誠意。