{"id":6880,"date":"2014-04-27T19:51:11","date_gmt":"2014-04-27T11:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinaworker.info\/?p=6880"},"modified":"2014-04-27T19:58:09","modified_gmt":"2014-04-27T11:58:09","slug":"taiwan-thousands-march-against-mas-nuclear-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinaworker.info\/en\/2014\/04\/27\/6880\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan: Thousands march against Ma’s nuclear policy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Echoes of \u2018sunflower movement\u2019 as thousands stage \u2018occupy\u2019 protests in Taipei<\/strong><\/p>\n

CWI Taiwan\u00a0reporters<\/p>\n

There seems to be no respite for Taiwan\u2019s beleaguered president Ma Ying-jeou. Tens of thousands of people took part in a two-day protest in Taipei at the weekend to demand the government cancel its planned fourth nuclear power plant, known as \u201cNuke 4\u201d to Taiwanese. A former chairman of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Lin Yi-hsiung began a hunger strike on April 22, which has further heightened emotions over the plant\u2019s continued construction. Even torrential rain on Sunday could not deter the protesters, who are planning to occupy a section of main road near the Executive Yuan. Solidarity demonstrations and sit-in protests were also held in southern and northern Taiwan over the weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe demonstration orgnanisers say they will continue indefinitely after police blocked some roads including the main march route,\u201d said Sally Tang Mei-ching of the Committee for a Workers\u2019 International (CWI) in Taipei.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is big anger against Ma and the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) over this issue. A few days ago protesters tried to stop the car of a KMT legislator, but the car didn\u2019t\u00a0slowdown, which was very dangerous. Film of this incident has gone viral on social media,\u201d she reported.<\/p>\n

President Ma offered concessions on Friday in talks with DPP leaders, putting the plant\u2019s start-up on hold to allow a referendum. But this is not enough to defuse the anger of Taiwan\u2019s anti-nuclear movement, which has staged massive protests in recent years including a protest of more than 200,000 people last year. The threshold for a successful \u2018yes\u2019 vote \u2013 in this case to abolish \u2018Nuke 4\u2019 \u2013 is notoriously hard to obtain under Taiwan\u2019s \u201carchaic\u201d referendum rules. These state that at least 50 percent of eligible voters must vote, and to win a proposition must get at least 50 percent of ballots cast. The rules leave plenty of scope for manipulation by government to defeat its opponents on \u2018technical\u2019 grounds.<\/p>\n

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Tens of thousands joined the Taipei protest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nuclear threat<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 283 billion TWD (US$9.3 billion) \u2018Nuke 4\u2019 project was first proposed in 1980 and has been beset by protests from the start. Construction started in 2009 during president Ma\u2019s first term. Objections to the plant range from the high cost to technical and safety issues \u2013 given its location just 42 kilometres from Taipei. These concerns soared in the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima disaster \u2013 both Japan and Taiwan are highly prone to earthquakes.\u00a0If a similar disaster should befall the \u2018Nuke 4\u2019 plant, a metropolitan area of nearly seven million people would need to be evacuated.<\/p>\n

The latest upsurge of the anti-nuke movement in Taiwan is clearly shaped and influenced by the ideas and methods of the recent \u2018sunflower\u2019 protest movement. Opposition to Ma and the KMT government is sky high, and many are frustrated the previous mass protests did not inflict a decisive defeat on the government and its unpopular trade pact (CSSTA).<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are many \u2018Down with Ma\u2019 placards at today\u2019s demo,\u201d said Sally Tang Mei-ching. \u201cThe CWI branch in Taiwan are campaigning around the demand for the total abolition of nuclear power \u2013 we favour big investment to develop safe and renewable energy such as solar, wind and wave power. For that to happen, the energy industry would have to be controlled and owned democratically, instead of by state officials and the stock market, which is the case today. We think the anti-nuclear movement needs to link up with the workers\u2019 movement, students and other layers to reignite the mass protests of last month, but this time to kick Ma out of office!\u201d<\/p>\n

The CWI is present in the ongoing anti-nuclear protests and can be reached on\u00a00983 252 840.<\/em><\/p>\n

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CWI Taiwan marching to demand democratic control of the energy industry and total abolition of nuclear power.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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