A coalition of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) yesterday announced they will begin soliciting opinions on a peace agreement Taiwan and China are seeking to sign, hoping to roll out a petition on the eve of the second anniversary of President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) inauguration next year.
Ho Tsung-hsun (何宗勳), initiator of the campaign and executive director of the Taipei-based Citizen Congress Watch, said that because many NGOs were concerned about the administration’s plan to sign a peace agreement with Beijing, they decided to work together to consolidate opinion from the private sector in three stages.
First, they planned to hold five seminars before the Lunar New Year to discuss the possible pact and present a draft by January.