It also raised concerns that the AIT might be planning to add helicopter pads and station more U.S. troops to evacuate U.S. citizens and DPP military and government officials in the event of a conflict to avoid a repeat of the scramble to evacuate the U.S. Embassy in the city then known as Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War.
The party denounced disparities in land use in Taiwan, comparing the low rent for AIT premises with the struggle Taiwan’s youth face in finding affordable housing and DPP government claims that there is a lack of public land for additional social housing.
It added that the fact that the AIT is seeking to expand onto school land is an encroachment on the island’s education resources, and questioned why the DPP’s high-ranking officials are allowing the expansion to happen.
The party called for unity among the Taiwan people, firm support for their demands and resistance from residents.