By Lee I-chia / Staff reporterThe Taiwan Youth Association for Democracy, the National Students’ Union of Taiwan and student associations from more than 30 universities yesterday announced a presidential election youth forum on Dec. 8, inviting parties and candidates to attend and respond to young people’s policy concerns. Representatives of the groups at a news conference in Taipei released a white paper that includes the three main themes of “implementing generational justice, pursuing sustainable development and respecting diversified values,” as well as nine topics that concern young voters. Taiwan Youth Association for Democracy managing director Eddy Lin (林彥廷) said that while the two main parties’ candidates have recently made stale comments about changing student loan regulations and encouraging youth entrepreneurship, they did not attend youth events or have “real conversations” with young people about the feasibility of their policies. The firm would also fact-check speakers at the youth forum, holding candidates accountable by allowing members of the audience to recognize when “exaggerated remarks or empty promises” are made, Wang said. “Young Taiwanese were born in a political entity that is in reality separated from China, so we live under a different system,” Wang said when asked to comment on China’s “one country, two systems” formula.

Source: Taipei Times November 11, 2019 15:58 UTC