From Asia Times Online:
Taiwan’s opposition parties officially launched a campaign on Saturday to demand that the island’s embattled President Chen Shui-bian resign, two days after Chen announced he would relinquish some of his power to his cabinet. Thousands of Taiwanese demonstrated in front of the presidential palace on Saturday.
The campaign, however, could help Chen’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) regain some political ground and create more uncertainties for the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party’s bid to win the presidential election in 2008, DPP legislators and political analysts said. [full text]
