Taiwan Solidarity Union
The Taiwanese Solidarity Union ( TSU ,台湾 团结 联盟Chinese, Pinyin Táiwān tuanjie Lianmeng, English Taiwan Solidarity Union) is a political party in the Republic of China. She is currently (2012 ) the third largest after the vote a political party in the Republic of China - according to the Kuomintang and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP ).
The TSU was officially founded on 24 July 2001 and is part of the so-called pan- green coalition. Programmatically it represents a policy that aims at a complete declaration of independence from mainland China. It is the first political party of the Republic of China, officially named "Taiwan" (and not "Republic of China " ) results in the party name. The TSU was founded mainly by former party members of the Kuomintang ( KMT ). The foundation was preceded by the electoral defeat of the KMT in the presidential election in March 2000, the (DPP ) Chen Shui -bian was obtained unexpectedly by the candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party. Chen had won the election with only a relative majority of 39.3 % of the votes, which was the only reason have been possible because the KMT had been weakened by internal party disputes and not on a common popular top candidates had to agree. Consequently, it had ( James Soong and Lien Chan ) where two leading candidates in the conservative political spectrum, both of which achieved only 36.8 % and 23.1 % of the vote.
After the electoral defeat of the KMT's main were blamed for out of the previous President of the Republic of China and KMT Chairman Lee Teng- hui. He was forced a few days after the election to withdraw from the KMT party chairman. The intra-party critics Lee voiced the suspicion that Lee had deliberately operated the defeat of the KMT, in that he had not made the popular James Soong top candidate of the KMT, but instead the more inconspicuous Lien Chan. Soong had subsequently ran a own candidacy and was expelled with his followers from the KMT. Through this dividing and weakening the KMT 's election victory Chen Shui- bian was only made possible. As Lee's design was assumed that he wanted to promote the declaration of independence of Taiwan, while officially the reunion is held with the Chinese mainland as a party destination in the KMT party program.
After the inauguration of Chen Shui- bian, however, showed that this by no means the Declaration of Independence so drove forward as he had partially required and promised during the election campaign. Then founded followers of a radical policy of independence in July 2001, the TSU. As their spiritual leader ( though without official party membership) Lee was chosen, who also played an important role in the selection of candidates for the new party. Lee was subsequently expelled from the KMT. In the elections for the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China in 2001, 2004, 2008 and 2012, the TSU reached 8.5%, 8.3 %, 3.5 % and 9.0 % of the votes and 0-6 % of the parliamentary seats.