No rights without the rule of law - Taiwan

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Just how long can we afford to let Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) rewrite the Constitution and the legal code whenever it suits him?

Last year we saw Ma, preparing for a re-election campaign of quite extraordinary dishonesty, postpone elections for borough wardens which should have taken place in June until January this year. The laughable reason Ma gave for this tampering was that Taipei City was redistricting its boroughs and had to postpone the election until the redistricting was complete.

As we pointed out at the time, this was a first class example of the mendacity that characterizes almost everything that Ma does. The reason for postponing the election was to make sure that it happened after the mayoral election last December and the reason for this bit of legerdemain was to ensure that Ma's trusty vote captains would be kept in place during the election campaign period.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/edit/archives/2003/11/10/2003075336

KMT PIG!