問:我看到您對海牙常設仲裁庭有關南海仲裁結果表示失望,該仲裁將台灣聲索的太平島認定為“礁”,而非“島嶼”,因此不能享有200浬專屬經濟海域,您會遵守仲裁庭的判斷嗎?
蔡英文:我們已經公開聲明,這個仲裁的決定有損於台灣的利益,所以我們不能夠接受,我們也認為這個裁判對台灣沒有法律約束力。主要有幾個原因,第一個是因為我們是一個重要的利益相關方,但是我們沒有被邀請參與整個仲裁的程序。第二,我們對於被稱為“The Taiwan Authority of China”不能接受。第三,在這個地區,我們擁有主權的太平島,在裁決中被認為是一個“礁”而不是“島”,這是違反我們長期以來的主張,我們也認為它確實是一個島。在這裡我想利用這個機會,把台灣政府對南海爭端的立場做一個說明。第一,當然是有關南海爭端應該依據國際法與海洋法,包括《聯合國海洋法公約》,用和平的方式來解決。第二,我們主張台灣應該要納入多邊爭端解決的機制。第三,在這個地區的相關國家有義務維護南海的航行與飛越自由。第四,“中華民國”主張以“擱置爭議、共同開發”的方式處理南海爭議。我們期待相關國家能秉持相同方式進行協商,來和平解決這個爭端。
問:您是亞洲地區首位並非出自於政治世家的女性“總統”,您如何做到的?
蔡英文:我覺得我的出現其實跟台灣的民主發展很有關係,也就是說,台灣民主發展的過程是一個漸進、由下而上的過程。所以台灣的新世代領導人其實都來自民間或是跟基層有比較強的連結的政黨。
問:在男性主導的社會裡,女性要爬升到領導人的地位一定很難。
蔡英文:Yes to a certain extent, but I think the society and our democracy is mature enough to appreciate the value of the individual politicians. They place emphasis on the quality and the value of individual politicians rather than their gender. So of course, some people will find it fashionable to find a woman leader, but I think the reason why people chose me as leader of this country was because of my policy, my values, suit the needs of Taiwan today.(某種程度上是,但我認為我們的社會和民主已夠成熟,能欣賞個別政治人物的價值。他們重視個別政治人物的品質和價值勝過性別。所以,當然,某些人會覺得找個女性領導人很時尚,但我覺得人民選我當這個國家的領導人,是因為我的政策、我的價值符合現今的台灣需要。)
Meaning that we represent people who want to have change in this society, after years and decades this place has been dominated by a single party, with the exception of 2000-2008, but over the last few decades, all dominated by the KMT. The whole social structure and values were shaped by this regime, KMT government, over the years. But people now realize that we’re in a different situation now, we want to move forward, we have to restructure ourselves, and redefine the current values. So they want the place to be more democratic. They want this place to place more emphasis on human rights and transparency, in terms of government decision-making and public participation in the government’s decision-making process. And essentially people want to participate, they want to have a voice in the major decisions of the government. So this is somehow different from the way the government conducted business since the days when this place was an authoritarian place.(我們代表社會上渴望改變的人民。這片土地除了2000年到2008年以外,數十年來均被單一政黨,即國民黨所主導,整個社會結構及價值都由這個政權形塑而成。如今人民了解我們的環境已經不同,我們想要向前行,我們想要進行重整,重行定義目前的價值。人民想要更為民主的環境,在政府決策過程中,民眾能參與官方決策,並更重視人權及透明度。本質上來說,人民想要在政府重大決策中,能參與其中並發聲。這與過去這片土地是威權統治、由政府主導的情境,有些許不同。)
問:國民黨長期進行軍事統治?
蔡英文:So the expectation of the people is very different. They want democracy, they want public participation, they want transparency, they want to have fair elections, they want to have sound judicial system, not too much interfered by politics. They want to have an effective judicial system to settle whatever disputes that people may have in their daily lives so they want to have a good social safety net to protect them in case they fell in a very competitive society. (現在人民的期待有很大的不同,他們想要民主、民眾參與的機會與透明度,以及公平的選舉;他們想要有完善的司法體制,不要有太多的政治干預;他們想要有效的司法體制,以處理日常生活遇到的爭議,擁有妥善的安全網來保障他們,以防在競爭劇烈的社會中陷入困頓。) |