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Ma plays coy on no-confidence vote possibility

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) said yesterday that because the nation's political situation is changing constantly, he cannot say whether the KMT will seek to topple the Cabinet through a no-confidence vote.

Asked whether the KMT might work with the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) -- the Democratic Progressive Party's pan-green camp ally -- to push for a no-confidence vote, Ma said that the KMT does not have such a plan.

Interpretation

He explained that any motion introduced in the legislature may have the support of several political parties, but that those parties aren't necessarily working together.

"It all depends on one's interpretation of whether different political parties supporting the same motion are cooperating with one another," Ma said.

The Chinese-language China Times reported yesterday that the TSU would not rule out the possibility of toppling Premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌).

This was because the TSU was strongly displeased with Su's liberal economic policy toward China, it said.

Conference fallout

The Conference on Sustaining Taiwan's economic development accepted a proposal on Friday to ease restrictions on economic exchanges with China, despite strong opposition from the TSU.

As a result, the TSU delegation walked out of the meeting in protest, vowing that the party would do everything it could to prevent Su from carrying out the policy, including moving to oust him through a no-confidence vote.
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