Taiwan leader Lai Ching-te's push on amending the so-called "security acts" is doomed to failure, a Chinese mainland spokesman said on Wednesday.
At a press conference on March 13, Lai portrayed the Mainland as a "hostile external force" and outlined 17 strategies to counter so-called threats facing the island, including making amendments to several acts to strengthen Taiwan's "legal framework for national security".
Lai's statements have triggered grave concerns among people from all walks of life in Taiwan, drawing widespread criticisms that such comments could escalate tensions while crippling cross-Strait exchanges.
"The Lai Ching-te administration has been trying every means to amend these acts just to pave the way for further sowing their 'green terror' across Taiwan, so that they can exploit these unjust acts for malicious purposes, including intensifying the repression of political dissidents, inciting anti-China sentiments, and restricting exchanges and interactions across the Taiwan Strait as well as between Taiwan and Hong Kong, Macao. Lai Ching-te's 'green authoritarianism' and 'dictatorship of Taiwan separatist forces' seriously violate the historical trend and the mainstream public opinion on the island, and will inevitably be opposed and doomed to failure," said Chen Binhua, a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council.
Lai Ching-te's push on amending "security acts" in Taiwan doomed to failure: spokesman
Lai Ching-te's push on amending "security acts" in Taiwan doomed to failure: spokesman
