Taipei, March 30 (CNA) President Ma Ying-jeou urged bipartisan
cooperation and reconciliation to lead the country through future
challenges in the open portion of his meeting with President-elect
Tsai Ing-wen at Taipei Guest House on Wednesday.
Speaking before the two met behind closed doors to discuss the
transition of power, Ma congratulated Tsai on being elected Taiwan's
first female president and he called for full bipartisan collaboration
for the good of the people.
Ma said that after having served as president for eight years, he
would do his best to help ensure a seamless power transition and
voiced support for a legislative proposal to institutionalize power
transfer procedures under the terms of the Republic of China's
(Taiwan's) Constitution.
It was their first meeting since Tsai, chairwoman of the
Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), was elected president in January.
Ma is a member of the Kuomintang, which lost both the presidency and
its legislative majority in the Jan. 16 elections.
Tsai will be sworn in as president on May 20, when Ma steps down
after completing his two terms in office.
Following opening remarks by the two on Wednesday, Ma and Tsai
were to meet for about an hour behind closed doors to discuss the
transition of power and exchange views on major diplomatic and
cross-Taiwan Strait issues.
(By P.C. Tang and Flor Wang)
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