Think there what they can to stop him. Do you think there is what they can to stop him. Do you think there isjust what they can to stop him. Do you think there is just no what they can to stop him. Do you think there isjust no case what they can to stop him. Do you think there isjust no case to think there is just no case to answer with the prosecution putting their evidence forward . I answer with the prosecution putting their evidence forward . Their evidence forward . I think eve one their evidence forward . I think everyone is their evidence forward . I think everyone is innocent their evidence forward . I think everyone is innocent until their evidence forward . I think. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty and i would like to believe analogy Data System but as we have seen over the last three years, it is a Kangaroo Court and it is hard to believe anything that goes on any more and i believe that champ will be exhilarated after all of theirs and everything will be overturned
no. the doesn t date that far back? yes and no- the first doesn t date that far back? yes and no. the first time doesn t date that far back? yes and no. the first time there doesn t date that far back? yes and no. the first time there was - doesn t date that far back? yes and no. the first time there was a - no. the first time there was a presidential election was only 1996, so in that sense, it is very young. but even under authoritarian law, the kmt allowed for local elections and also some form of national elections for some representatives so there was the practice of voting, but of course, yeah, they were sort of limited in terms of the types of people that they could vote for and how the ballots were counted. yes and how they how the ballots were counted. yes and how they would have different parties with very different ideology is putting forward their case to be able to be ruling the self ruled island of taiwan. if we stay with kmt, they are the longest party in taiwan.
not failed, he would have lost. the white blue alliance being the kuomintang and the taiwan people s party and the fact they didn t have an alliance going into this election which we spoke about with our previous guest. you mentioned then about the young people of taiwan and william lai having to listen to other voices. william lai having to listen to othervoices. identity william lai having to listen to other voices. identity as well plays a part in all of this, how do you think taiwan sees itself or what can be read into these election results about high taiwan identifies itself? how taiwan? for my generation, for the people who came of age of 2a years ago, taiwanese identity was subversive. it meant saying we won t chinese and we are going to acknowledge a0 years of martial law, we are going to embrace democracy, embrace freedom and i think taiwanese identity has lost that subversive edge for the younger generation who view it as self evident. i was born in taiwan, why wouldn t i
speaking he said, i want to thank the taiwanese people for writing a new chapter in our democracy. we have shown the world how much we cherish our democracy, this is our unwavering commitment. taiwan has achieved a victory for the community of democracies. just on the bbc news live web page which is a good place to keep up with the unfolding events in taiwan. william lai is saying, through our actions at the taiwanese people have successfully resisted efforts from external forces to influence our elections. we trust only the people of taiwan have the right to choose their president. extraordinarily important election in this year of elections. but taiwan is particularly important because the eyes of the world very much focusing on is because of its position, its geopolitical position
quite clever and at times signalling that they are more of a taiwanese identity and that he will shift back, ko wen ji. at least to the younger voters that i have talked to, they seemed to like that ambiguity in terms of identity and it also is linked to their masterful use of social media. they are able to tap into that. use of social media. they are able to tap into that. how would you rate their success to tap into that. how would you rate their success in to tap into that. how would you rate their success in terms to tap into that. how would you rate their success in terms of to tap into that. how would you rate their success in terms of this - their success in terms of this election because mike they are only a young party, they won a few seats in the last election, this is their second election. they have done better, is there hope for them to get more seats in legislature this year? get more seats in legislature this ear? , ~ , ., get more seats in legislature this ear?