Programs supported by the DPP include social welfare policies involving the rights of women, senior citizens, children, young people, labour, indigenous peoples, farmers, and other disadvantaged sectors of the society.

However, a political crisis appeared imminent as the Ministry of Justice filed charges against the DPP for violating martial law restrictions, but President Chiang defused it by announcing that martial law would end and that new political parties could be formed as long as they supported the Republican Constitution and renounced both communism and Taiwan Independence.

As DPP Chairman, Hsu had moderated the platform of the party, promoting reconciliation with the People's Republic of China and the opening of direct links, a move, ironically, not supported by President Lee.

Each CCP is supported by an Area Business Manager ( ABM ), and their respective roles mirror, at a local level, the responsibilities of the DPP and Chief Executive.

He was a supporter of the Pan-Blue Coalition from 2000 to 2008 but then supported the DPP in the 2008 presidential election.

Criticising Chen of being " corrupted by power " and close with Lee Teng-hui and black gold, Hsu and others urged voters who once supported DPP for its ideals not to vote for Chen, to give him a chance to " reflect on himself ".

Although he supported Mutharika, the DPP leadership reportedly chose to ignore Chakuamba, regarding his comments after the death of Mutharika's wife as an unacceptable insult, especially because he refused to apologize for them.

The Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ) gained considerable support in the 1990s through its reform agenda, even from those opposed to the DPP position on Taiwanese independence.

However, attempts by the Democratic Progressive Party administration to create a new Constitution during the second term of DPP President Chen Shui-bian failed, because the then opposition Kuomintang controlled the Legislative Yuan.

The DPP was not consulted by the Parliament and the motion was in contravention of the Constitution and the Rule of Law.

Fears that the DPP would one day take control of the legislature led then-President Lee Teng-hui to push through a series of amendments to strengthen presidential power ( for example, Taiwan's premier would no longer have to be confirmed by the Legislative Yuan ).

Under the administration of Hu Jintao, reunification under " one country, two systems " lost emphasis amid the reality that the DPP presidency in Taiwan would be held by pro-independence President Chen until 2008.

From the perspective of the ROC constitution, which the mainstream political parties such as the KMT and DPP currently respect and recognize, changing the ROC ’ s governing status or completely clarifying Taiwan ’ s political status would at best require amending the ROC constitution.

He was widely perceived to be an excellent campaigner and his excellent showing in the governorship ended hopes by the DPP of a " Yeltsin effect ", by which an elected governor would have more legitimacy than the national government.

A Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ) proposal authorizing citizens initiative rights to propose constitutional amendments was withdrawn after it became clear that such a proposal would not pass the Legislative Yuan.

" This, and other critical statements of the President, led to speculation that he would not back Chen again in the 2004 elections until he issued a statement of support for the DPP on March 17, 3 days before polls opened.

Also included was the pledge that any change in Taiwan's international status will have to be done through a referendum, thus alleviating the fear that, if elected, a DPP government would unilaterally declare independence without popular approval.

In October 2007, with the DPP administration still in power, it was announced that the ROC would standardize the English transliterations of its Chinese Mandarin place names by the end of that year, after years of confusion stemming from multiple spellings, using the locally developed Tongyong Pinyin.

Lu announced on February 25, 2011, that she would seek the DPP nomination for President of the Republic of China in 2012, but later withdrew her bid.

After a delay of about six months, the affair came to an end when Dr. Knight was informed by the DPP that no action would be taken.

Following DPP losses in the 2005 municipal elections on December 3, Su announced that he would, pursuant to a pre-election promise, resign from the chairmanship.

The DPP itself predicted that the pan-green coalition would capture 113 seats, and the TSU predicted that it would win at least 25 seats.

James Soong leader of the PFP, was quoted earlier as stating that he was willing to have the KMT win all of the seats in the pan-blue coalition if this was necessary to keep the pan-blue in power, whereas the TSU actively campaigned for a large number of seats and in some cases sharply criticized the DPP, and Lee Teng-hui urged the husband from each household to vote for DPP, and the wife to vote for TSU so both parties would have equal representation.

The U. S. government objected to this proposal, saying it would " unilaterally change Taiwan's status ", but the DPP argued it is meant to avoid confusion and was not politically motivated.

On March 25, 2008, DPP legislators tabled a bill titled " Anti-Annexation Peace Law " at the procedural committee level in the legislature, which would have stated that " Taiwan and China are not subordinate to each other "; that " Taiwan is a sovereign state "; and that " the relationship between Taiwan and China is one between two states ".

The test is based on " persons "; DPP v Whyte AC 849 established that it was not sufficient for an individual to be depraved or corrupted, it must be that a significant number of people likely to read it would become corrupt.

Because giving this assistance would expose the husband to liability under s2 ( 1 ), the DPP was asked to agree not to prosecute.

Deidre Rubenstein played the tole that would become Anne Phelan's, and Bud Tingwell was the DPP before Frank Gallacher.

On 5 June 2008, the former director of the National Gallery of Australia Betty Churcher said it was " not surprising " that the New South Wales Department of Public Prosecutions ( DPP ) would announce its official recommendation that no charges be laid regarding the Sydney Roslyn Oxley9 gallery's collection of photographs by artist Bill Henson.

Prior to its establishment the police themselves would prosecute most offences, with some being referred to the foremer Department of the Director of Public Prosecutions ( DPP ).

Differential Pulse Voltammetry ( AKA Differential Pulse Polarography or DPP ) is often used to make electrochemical measurements.

It would be up to the DPP, Joe Naigulevu, to make a final decision to charge the individual implicated.

The DPP rejects the so-called " one China principle " as the basis for official diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China ( PRC ) and advocates a Taiwanese national identity which is separate from mainland China.

The Director of Public Prosecutions ( DPP ) is the office or official charged with the prosecution of criminal offences in several criminal jurisdictions around the world.

The first years of the DPP as the ruling party drew accusations from the opposition that, as a self-styled Taiwanese nationalist party, the DPP was itself inadequately sensitive to the ethnographic diversity of Taiwan's population.

Lee ran as the incumbent in Taiwan's first direct presidential election in 1996 against DPP candidate and former dissident, Peng Min-ming.

While generally the KMT, the other major political party, is also more open to promoting Taiwan's cultural autonomy than in the past, the DPP made Taiwanization a key plank in its political platform.

Both also re-affirmed a belief in the " One China principle ", which was not acknowledged by Taiwan's then-ruling party, the Democratic Progressive Party ( DPP ).

It signifies a milestone of the position of DPP toward Taiwan's future, and is the source of principles of the ROC government under the rule of DPP.

On October 20, 2001, the DPP passed a resolution elevating the status of the " 1999 resolution regarding Taiwan's future " in other words an attempt at making this resolution technically replace the DPP party charter's " Taiwan independence clause.

According to a telephone poll conducted by Taiwan's top-selling Apple Daily newspaper on 7 November 2008 on the subject of a series of anti-Chen protests organised by the DPP, 62. 12 % of the respondents considered it bad for DPP's image, describing it as a " violent party ", 31. 13 % of the respondents considered it good for the DPP's image, as it demonstrated Taiwan's democracy, while 6. 75 % of the respondents did not express an opinion.