Political Quotes

“Mr. President, in August I submitted a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the U.S. Government should continue to support democracy and human rights in Taiwan following the January 2012 Presidential and legislative elections. The International Election Observers Mission has prepared a Report on the National Election in Taiwan that includes some important details and findings. I ask unanimous consent that the summary of that report be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Report on the National Election in Taiwan, January 14, 2012 To: International Committee for Fair Elections in Taiwan From: The International Election Observers Mission (IEOM) By: Woodrow W. Clark II MA, PhD, Lead Author and Senator Frank Murkowski, Chair and all IEOM Members. Overview Taiwan is an island nation of 23.2 million people (November 2011) in an area of 35,980 sq. km. The nation has 18.1 million eligible voters, all citizens who are 20 or more years of age. The winner of the January 14, 2012 Presidential Election, with 51.6 per cent of the vote, was Mr. Ma Ying- jeou, the incumbent and the nominee, Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang or KMT). Ms. Tsai Ing-wen of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) followed with 45.6 per cent and the nominee of the small People First Party (PFP), Mr. James Soong received about 2.8 per cent of the vote (Taiwan Election Results, January 2012).…”