By Lee Hsin-fang / Staff reporterPresidential Office adviser and long-time independence advocate Su Beng (史明) late on Thursday evening expressed on Facebook his support for President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) to seek re-election next year. The move came after Presidential Office adviser Wu Li-pei (吳澧培), former Presidential Office adviser Peng Ming-min (彭明敏), former Academia Sinica president Lee Yuan-tseh (李遠哲) and the Reverend Kao Chun-ming (高俊明) in an open letter on Thursday urged Tsai not to seek re-election. “The Taiwanese independence movement is 99.9 percent complete. Separately yesterday, Overseas Taiwanese for Democracy, a group of Taiwanese studying or working overseas, also issued a statement in support of Tsai. “We openly support President Tsai and her administration, as well as the efforts they have made to achieve reform goals, including marriage equality, labor rights, pension reforms and transitional justice.”

Source: Taipei Times January 04, 2019 15:56 UTC