Give the Democratic Progressive Party authorities a blow, Central American Parliament "Taiwan by Taiwan" resolution

△ Central American Parliament Headquarters Building

You should know that the Taiwan authorities, as so-called "observers", have been working for more than 20 years. During this period, Central America has always been a so-called "diplomatic stronghold" of Taiwan, and all seven countries in the region maintain so-called "diplomatic relations" with Taiwan. However, just a few years after Tsai Ing wen took office, five Central American countries have successively abandoned Taiwan. This time, the Central American Parliament has made a "Taiwan by Taiwan" decision, and such a "dramatic change" is tantamount to a blow to the Democratic Progressive Party authorities.

Tan interviewed a Latin American expert on this matter and pointed out that against the backdrop of the United States' high-profile claim to help Taiwan expand its so-called "international space," the Central American Congress, located in the "backyard" of the United States, resolutely kicked the Taiwan authorities out. This not only slapped the US and Taiwan in the face, but also demonstrated that the One China principle is an overwhelming consensus of the international community and cannot be shaken.

Taiwan authorities' major setbacks

According to relevant information, Tan Zhu learned that the Central American Parliament is an important institution of the Central American integration system, established on October 28, 1991. Its members include six Central American countries: Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and the Dominican Republic. Each member country directly elects 20 members of parliament, totaling 120 members.

When the Democratic Progressive Party came to power in 2016, all six members of the organization were in Gabriella, and all seven countries in Central America were still so-called "diplomatic countries" with Taiwan.

The situation quickly changed. Due to the refusal of the Democratic Progressive Party authorities to recognize the "1992 Consensus" that embodies the One China principle, Panama, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Honduras have successively severed diplomatic ties with Taiwan since 2017, leaving only Guatemala in the Central American parliament to maintain so-called "state relations" with Taiwan.

According to Taiwanese media reports, after the "Taiwan by Taiwan" resolution was passed, the foreign affairs department of the Taiwan authorities announced in a gloomy manner that they would "withdraw" from the Central American Parliament and angrily criticized the sponsor Nicaragua. The public opinion on the island has mocked Taiwan's self deception and ugly behavior, pointing out that it is the DPP authorities who have taken the wrong path of rejecting the 1992 Consensus that has led to such a "major defeat", losing the "inside" and "face", as if the Taiwan authorities were kicked out of the United Nations in the past.

△ Island residents protest against the Democratic Progressive Party's refusal to accept the "1992 Consensus"

The Deputy Director of the South South Cooperation Research Center of the China Institute of Modern International Relations told Mr. Tan rigorously that this indicates that the "diplomatic stronghold" of the Taiwan authorities, which had existed in Central America for a long time, has collapsed. The Taiwan authorities, relying solely on Guatemala and Belize, find it difficult to resist, and the so-called "diplomatic relations" exist in name only.

American politicians are at a loss

Central America has always been regarded as the backyard of the United States.

△ United States Congress

On site of the Central American Parliamentary Conference

According to an editorial by the island's "Wang Bao" newspaper, this immediately exposed the limitations of unilateral and domestic laws in the so-called "bill" in the United States.

Tan Zhu flipped through American media and found that only a few members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of both houses of the US House of Representatives and the Western Hemisphere Foreign Relations Subcommittee of the House of Representatives had issued a statement, and the US State Department only weakly expressed its disappointment on its Asia Pacific Bureau social media account.

Strictly speaking to Tan Zhu, this reflects the continuous decline in the influence and control of the United States in the "backyard". Although regional countries are still under US control in some aspects, it is clear in the principle of One China that they do not want to be manipulated by the US.

The unstoppable trend of the times

At almost the same time as the Central American parliament "kicked out" the Taiwanese authorities, Guatemala, the only remaining "diplomatic country" in the parliament, elected a new president. The candidate of the "Seed Movement" party, Arevalo, won the election with nearly 60% of the vote.

The outside world has generally noticed that Arevalo once claimed to have closer relations with the mainland, which suggests that Taiwan's so-called "diplomatic relations" with the mainland may change.

During the Guatemalan elections, the Chairman of the National Journalists Association and other individuals from all walks of life expressed their urgent desire to establish diplomatic relations with China in interviews with CCTV reporters. In fact, as long as we look at neighboring countries, it is not difficult for the new Guatemalan government to make correct decisions that are in line with the fundamental and long-term interests of the country and its people.

After the establishment of diplomatic relations between Panama and China, the two sides extensively engaged in mutually beneficial cooperation in various fields such as economy and trade; China has provided strong support for Dominica to fight against the COVID-19 epidemic; The cooperation projects between China and Saudi Arabia, such as the Salvadoran Port, are progressing in an orderly manner; Recently, China and Nicaragua officially signed a free trade agreement; The free trade agreement negotiations between China and Honduras have also been initiated.

These Central American countries adhere to the One China principle, creating political conditions for strengthening cooperation with China and bringing tangible benefits to the people of the region.

As stated by the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 182 countries in the world have established diplomatic relations with China on the basis of the One China principle. The One China principle has long been recognized as a norm in international relations and a universal consensus in the international community. The act of justice involving Taiwan by the Central American Parliament once again fully demonstrates that adhering to the One China principle is an unstoppable trend of the times, a popular aspiration, and a general trend.

Tan Zhu believes that more and more countries and members of the international community will recognize the trend and make the right decisions that are in line with the trend of the times. The Central American parliament's "Taiwan by Taiwan" slap is to tell the DPP authorities that no matter how much they try, they cannot stop the surging tide of historical development, and "relying on external factors to seek independence" is doomed to fail!