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DPP says president has failed to convince citizens of need for trade pact (2014/04/02)

For those suspicious of the cross-strait trade-in-services pact, yesterday President Ma Ying-jeou said not to worry because the pact is just like a marriage – it can always be terminated. Today the DPP took Ma to task for this and other comments by asking why Taiwan should enter into an agreement if the people aren’t sure how it will be beneficial.

This is President Ma today at the KMT Central Standing Committee meeting. He again urged faith in the trade-in-services pact.

President Ma Ying-jeou
When it comes to cross-strait development, our government’s basic principle is to put Taiwan first and do what’s best for its people. So these agreements that we’ve signed with the mainland all have more advantages than disadvantages.

Su Tseng-chang
DPP Chairman
It’s like he’s a broken record that keeps repeating the same thing. He has yet to clearly explain where the advantages and the disadvantages are. Even if there are advantages, they won’t benefit everyone. There’s a small minority of beneficiaries and a large majority of people who will be affected negatively.

The DPP wants the pact renegotiated with China. Ma implied that there’s no reason to worry because once the pact is implemented, it can always be changed.

President Ma Ying-jeou
Some people worry that the trade-in-services pact cannot be changed or altered once it is approved. But you can terminate it if you so desire. This is like a marriage. You can’t say that once you’re married, you can never divorce. That would be unreasonable.

The DPP asked: If there is a risk of divorce, why not carefully consider matters before entering into matrimony? Waiting for problems to emerge before terminating the pact could end up doing more harm than good to Taiwan.

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馬總統今天出席國民黨中常會，再度強調，和中國簽訂協議是"利大於弊"，呼籲全民要有信心，但民進黨主席蘇貞昌痛批馬總統，從來不說明，只是不斷跳針重複"利大於弊"。對於馬總統昨天形容，就算服貿生效，像結婚一樣也是可以離婚，蘇貞昌諷刺說，如果有人還沒結婚就跟你說會離婚，千萬不要結。

國民黨中常會，焦點當然還是服貿爭議，馬總統再度信心喊話。

[[總統馬英九]]
兩岸關係的發展，我們政府所採取的基本原則，就是以台灣為主、對人民有利。所以我們跟大陸簽的這些協議，對台灣來講，全部都是利大於弊。

[[民進黨主席蘇貞昌]]
他好像只剩下這一句話，不斷地重複像跳針一樣，利在哪裡弊在哪裡，也從不講清楚，就算有利，也不是全民獲利，而獲利者是那麼少數，以至於大多數人受衝擊影響。

在野黨駁斥馬總統的說法，要求服貿協議直接重啟談判，不過，馬總統像是鐵了心。

[[總統馬英九]]
服貿協議人家說萬一訂了之後，說不定又不能改、又不能動怎麼辦呢，你要的話是可以終止的，這點就像婚約一樣，你不能說結了婚後，永遠不能離婚，沒有這個道理啊。

對於這樣的比喻，在野黨認為，既然會有離婚的風險，簽協議前為何不好好審視條約，要等出狀況才要終止，恐怕傷害已經造成。