Participating in Two Presidential Elections, Frank Hsieh Recalls the Tense Birth of the DPP

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On the 30th anniversary of Taiwan's first direct presidential election, Frank Hsieh, President of the Taiwan-Japan Relations Association, recalled his key role in the democracy movement in an interview with CNA. He detailed the thrilling process of giving birth to the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on September 28, 1986, at the Grand Hotel in Taipei through a surprise motion under martial law. At that time, forming a party was a high-risk act, and the founding members even prepared their last wills. As a member of the secret founding group, Hsieh proposed the name "Democratic Progressive Party" and explained how the generation of lawyers, following the Kaohsiung Incident, took up the mantle of the democracy movement and chose a path of "reform within the system."

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