Presidential Inauguration: Coalition calls for drafting new constitutionBy Jason Pan / Staff reporterA coalition of civic groups yesterday called for the drafting of a new constitution to reflect the current political reality, as President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) held a low-key inauguration ceremony to mark the start of her second term in office. “We need to draft a new constitution, and through the process, Taiwanese can create a new republic,” Economic Democracy Union convener Lai Chung-chiang (賴中強) told a media briefing in Taipei. Members of several civic groups hold signs at a news conference in Taipei yesterday as they urged the government to draft a new constitution for the nation. Its constitutional framework was based on China’s overall population and territories, which consisted of 35 provinces at the time. Also joining the call for a new consitution were the Taiwan Citizen Front Taiwan Youth Association for Democracy; the Taiwan Association of University Professors; the National Students’ Union of Taiwan; Taiwan Democracy Watch; Citizen of the Earth, Taiwan, Taiwan; the Association for Human Rights; and the Taiwan Labor Front.

Source: Taipei Times May 20, 2020 15:56 UTC