TAIPEI (TVBS News) — The office of former President Ma Ying-jeou accused the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office on Monday (Dec. 4) of directly contradicting President Tsai Ing-wen's recent statement regarding non-interference in judicial matters.
This accusation came as the prosecutor's office initiated an investigation into the Blue-White alliance — a collaboration between political parties — treating it as an illicit "partition of interests," a practice that is otherwise regarded as a norm in Western democratic nations.
The Taipei District Prosecutors Office has named Eric Chu, chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT), Hou Yu-ih, the KMT's presidential candidate, and Ko Wen-je, the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) presidential candidate, as defendants under investigation.
KMT spokesperson Yang Chih-yu denounced the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) for turning the judiciary into a political weapon and discrediting a model of party cooperation that is common internationally.
Also, in 2011, during Tsai Ing-wen's first presidential bid, the idea of a coalition government was brought up by Tsai in the final presidential debate.
Yang's statements raise questions about whether the DPP applies a double standard to political party collaborations.
