Taiwan calls on China to “return power to the people” rather than avoid facing the “Tiananmen truth”

MADRID, 3 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Taiwanese authorities on Thursday asked the Government of China to “return power to the people” and embark on “real political reform” instead of avoiding facing the “truth” of the massacre that took place in 1989 in the Tiananmen Square.

On the occasion of the 32nd anniversary of the event, in which Chinese troops opened fire on a student protest in the square, the authorities have once again prohibited any gathering and public commemoration of the event on Chinese soil.

“We express our regret and ask the other party to implement political reforms that have the population at the center, in addition to ceasing to suppress the democratic demands of the people, to whom it must return power as soon as possible,” said the Taiwanese government. it’s a statement.

Thus, the text has warned that Beijing is “deepening the contradictions of its own society” while “increasing the difficulty of carrying out a systematic reform.” “It is creating the risk of a conflict that affects the security and stability of the region,” he added.

Although the Government of the Asian giant has never published the death toll in the framework of the massacre, Human Rights organizations estimate that thousands of people could have died at the hands of the Army.

Taipei, which has described the Chinese Communist Party as a “dictatorial party”, has indicated that the repression exerted by the government “deviates the country from universal values ​​and international law.”

The coronavirus pandemic has led to a worsening of relations between the parties. The island has accused China of blocking its access to vaccines, while Beijing insists that it is a “political game” on the part of the Taiwanese authorities, who reject the doses that China offers them.

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