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96 Taiwan Development Perspectives 2009 watchdog body. Chang Chun-yen, Ma’s nominee for president of the Examination Yuan, was forced to withdraw his candidacy. As Ma’s leadership was challenged, Wu Poh-hsiung, chairman of the Kuomintang, had to name three top lawmakers his vice chairman at an extraordinary party national congress in November to improve relations between the government and parliament. Public Dissatisfaction with Two Major Parties The public was very much dissatisfied with the new Legislative Yuan inaugurated in February 2008. Public opinion surveys have shown people considered the opposition Democratic Progressive Party performed “irrationally,” while the performance of the ruling Kuomintang was regarded as “poor” at best. First of all, the Democratic Progressive Party could not get out of the shadow of President Chen Shui-bian, who is standing trial for corruption and graft in addition to money laundry. People consider the opposition party just as corrupt as President Chen. A public opinion survey conducted by the Era Poll Center in August showed only one out of every ten respondents, or 10.5 percent of the sample, thought the opposition party incorruptible, against the 31.4 percent for the Kuomintang. A 66.5 percent majority thought the opposition “highly corruptible,” much higher than the Kuomintang at 40.2 percent. Furthermore, a TVBS poll in October indicated a higher 69 percent majority believed the opposition was corrupt while those who considered it incorruptible were a 14 percent minority, down by 11 percent from the previous poll. The in-fighting between the pro- and anti-Chen blocs made the ratings of solidarity among the opposition party supporters plummet 11 percent to a record low 31 percent, far behind the Kuomintang at 54 percent. Meanwhile, the party’s failure to distance itself from President Chen made a 55 percent majority of eligible voters believe the opposition lacks a self-examination ability. On the other hand, the opposition is regarded as a party of violence. The election of Tsai Ing-wen as party chairwoman boosted the image of the opposition. The successful mass rally on October 25 further improved that image. But rallies held in protest against the visit to Taipei of Chen Yunlin, chairman of the Association for Relations across the Taiwan Strait, wiped out all the gains. According to a United Daily News poll on November 6, a 53 percent majority was dissatisfied with Tsai’s leadership in the protest rallies. A mere 26 percent minority approved of her leadership. Similar results were found by Global Vision Magazine. In a poll held from November 7 through 9, Global Vision Magazine found a 55.2 percent majority regarded Tsai as irresponsible, whereas she was considered responsible by a 24.7 percent minority. The reason is not far to seek. Radical protest rallies were considered out of date. Taiwan is no longer under martial law, one most important reason for such rallies while the Kuomintang was in power in the 1980s. The protest was against the Kuomintang government policy vis-à-vis relations between Taiwan and China, which the majority of voters believe is conducive, while the opposition party does not have a better China policy. The opposition party, in fact, was going against public opinion in calling the protest rallies, which were marred by violence. As a matter of fact, a TVBS poll conducted before Chen Yunlin’s visit showed a 47 percent plurality would welcome him though he would not be welcomed by a 30 percent minority. Moreover, a 33 percent plurality believed that Chen’s visit would be favorable to Taiwan’s development, while 22 percent of the respondents did not think so. A 49 percent plurality did not support the plan by the opposition party to hold an overnight protest rally before his arrival in Taipei, with the supporters forming a 33 percent minority. Moreover, the public thought the violent rallies hurt the image of Taiwan. According to the Global Vision Magazine poll, a 66.4 percent majority were convinced the violence committed during the rallies seriously damaged Taiwan’s image as a democracy. A mere
Party Politics after the 2008 Legislative Election 97 21.3 percent minority thought it was a democratic practice as well as a public display of freedom of speech in Taiwan. The people were equally dissatisfied with President Ma and the Kuomintang-dominated Legislative Yuan. Taiwan’s economic downturn had started before President Ma assumed office. It turned worse. He could not live up to the expectations of the people, who elected him in the hope that he would lead Taiwan out of the economic recession. According to a Global Vision Magazine poll, his approval ratings started to fall in June, while his disapproval ratings began to rise. Subsequent polls showed a slight increase in approval ratings and a small decrease in disapproval ratings in August and November. The polls, on the other hand, showed the public had “confidence” in him. Except in October, those who had confidence in President Ma outnumbered those who had no confidence in him. A TVBS poll showed a similar result. More than half of the voters were dissatisfied with President Ma. The trend in public opinion is shown in the poll conducted by Global Vision Magazine (on President Ma) is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 Satisfaction with and Confidence in President Ma Confidence No-Confidence Satisfaction Dissatisfaction Source: http://www.gvm.com.tw/gvsrc/200811_GVSRC_6months_C.<strong>PDF</strong> A Global Vision Magazine poll conducted from November 14 through 18 showed a 56.7 majority of the people were dissatisfied with the performance of Kuomintang Members of the Legislative Yuan. A 27.9 percent minority expressed satisfaction. Besides, the dissatisfaction was higher than satisfaction in April, almost a month before President Ma took office. The trend is shown in Figure 2.
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