Democrats, who call for a universal suffrage in this Chinese special administrative region, won 4 seats out of 12 elected seats in today's Macanese legislative election. But the other 17 seats were selected by the Chief executive, which was appointed by the central government in Beijing.
The gaining hardly reflects a growing support of democracy because this is a result of changed strategy by the democratic movement. Because of the highest average method, the democrats split into two party lists in order to maximize their vote.
The pro-gov politicians still believe Macau is not yet ready for a universal suffrage. So when can they be ready? When they are more pliant to Beijing? If China really wants to have at least a minimal chance of having Taiwan back without a war, he should shows how a special administrative region works. It should be no less democratic than how Taiwan is right now.
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"If China really wants to have at least a minimal chance of having Taiwan back without a war, he should shows how a special administrative region works. It should be no less democratic than how Taiwan is right now."
ReplyDelete--- well said. but here lies a paradox:
if the central government allows a fully democratic Taiwan to exist under her ruling, then she should support the idea of "self-determination", that means taiwan people choose their own destiny, than means very probably, they will prefer independence.
welcome further comments.
---yaqiu
Value wise, if that would be the case, sadly, we would have to accept it.
ReplyDeleteBut I believe we can have the wisdom to solve it sometime somehow. Before we figure it out, status quo isn't bad, is it?