In a move likely to infuriate China, Taiwan’s President Chen Shui-bian said Saturday that a new law allows him to call a referendum vote on Taiwan’s "sovereignty" on March 20 if he chooses to. Chen Shui-bian said a new referendum law passed Thursday lets him to call for a public vote on sovereignty on March 20, the day of the next presidential elections, if he wants to. "Next year, on March 20, we can still organize a referendum, to protect our country’s sovereignty," Chen told supporters. "In order to prevent Taiwan’s national security and Taiwan’s national sovereignty from being threatened by any outside force, and from undergoing any change, I have the duty, I have the responsibility to be able to call for a referendum if the government approves," Chen said.
I think we ought to have a carrier group a little ways northeast of Taiwn say, oh, March 18th. |