Democracy was on top of the agenda at the D-P-P's national congress in Taipei
at the weekend.

In his address, President Lai Ching-te set the theme for this year's congress
as "democratic Taiwan moving forward in unity."

He also proposed three main targets for the party: the first -- to establish
a national identity based on Taiwan subjectivity, which Lai says means the
D-P-P is responsible for uniting the people, opposing annexation and ensuring
the country's sovereignty.

The second of Lai's main targets for the D-P-P is to strengthen the
democratic constitutional system ..

.. with Lai saying that means the constitutional system separating the powers
has to be protected to prevent the concentration of power, harming people's
rights.

While the third target is to ensure human rights and freedom are
safeguarded... this included keeping potential abuses of the freedom of
speech in check to protect the people and the democratic society from the
harms of misinformation and cognitive warfare.

Lai's speech was not the only event on the agenda.

The D-P-P also elected the party's central standing committee members,
central executive committee members and central evaluation committee members.