The PFP must be particularly cautious with its first elections. Therefore, recruiting from other parties and inviting the incumbent lawmakers of other parties is necessary for PFP election success. Furthermore, the New Party and the PFP are similar in many respects. During the presidential election, the entire New Party campaigned for Soong. The marginalization of the New Party has been caused by no less cruel political realities.
People care a lot about politicians' party loyalty and the splits and mergers of parties.
However, in a genuine democracy, people should get used to the restructuring of ideologies and interests among parties. After the upcoming election, none of the three major parties, the DPP, KMT and PFP will have a legislative majority. Under the circumstances, the intricate web of alliances formed between parties to ensure leadership of the parliament will probably be quite astonishing. Unless personal feelings for ideologies are left behind, we will find it hard to adjust to future inter-party cooperation and new political developments. Lee Ching-hsiung is a Taiwan Independence Party lawmaker.