- Peasant Party (Taiwan)
The Peasant Party (農民黨;
pinyin : Nóngmíndǎng) is a minor party in theRepublic of China (Taiwan ). It was established in the1989-02-03 , but only came into the political horizon when its founder Tiuⁿ Bêng-hián (張銘顯) was elected in the 2005 National Assembly election. Tiuⁿ claimed that the party has more than 6000 members. On thenational question , it leans towardsTaiwan independence .Policy stance
The Peasant Party regards the two belligerent parties of the
Chinese Civil War (thePeople's Republic of China versus theRepublic of China ; or theCommunist Party of China versus theKuomintang ) should recognize each other as sovereign States, similar to the model adopted by the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic. It predicts that the two parties will reunite when the economic conditions become similar. However, the Peasant Party does not consider the islands ofTaiwan and thePescadores part ofChina , because they consider theRepublic of Formosa of1895 recoversde jure sovereignty over these islands, after the surrender ofJapan following World War 2. This led them to assert that the current sovereign territory of the Republic of China only coversQuemoy and Matsu (both historically and administratively part ofFujian ).It regards 'the Taiwanese people' to be all who were born in Taiwan ('
jus soli '). It considers Taiwan to be (almost)terra nullius , but acknowledges that several states have exercised sovereignty over Taiwan, seemingly in an attempt to counter any claim of sovereignty by arguments ofjus sanguinis .Economically, the party believes that the government should protect the basic income of the
farmer s (peasant s); that Taiwan's membership of theWorld Trade Organization is not an excuse to give upagriculture , allowing a flood of imported agricultural produce.It supports a
constitution al basis for ecological principles, and that constitutional reform should be 'internationalized'.The Peasant Party has been sending groups to pay tribute to the
Yasukuni Shrine in Japan, to pay tributes to the 30 308 Taiwanese soldiers drafted during the Japanese rule over Taiwan.In June,
2005 the Peasant Party joined the staunchly independence-leaningTaiwan Defense Alliance .Electoral history
The Peasant Party had campaigned unsuccessfully in
Chiayi County andChanghua County during legislative and National Assembly elections. It broke this pattern for the first time in the 2005 National Assembly election when its leader won a seat with 15 516 votes (0.4 %) under theparty-list proportional representation system.ee also
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List of political parties in Taiwan
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