Complex sentence: Following the defeat of his Democratic Progressive Party in the ROC local elections, 2005, however, in his lunar new year speech in 2006, Chen instructed the DPP to formally begin debate on permantely abolishing the National Unification Council and the guidelines set out therein.
Split into simpler sentences: Following the defeat of his Democratic Progressive Party in the ROC local elections, 2005. However, in his lunar new year speech in 2006, Chen instructed the DPP to formally begin debate on permantely abolishing the National Unification Council and the guidelines set out therein.