Meanwhile,

K-M-T Chairman Eric Chu is pushing back against criticism of his use of a
analogy comparing President Lai Ching-te to Hitler during a meeting of the
K-M-T's Central Standing Committee.

Speaking about the alleged forgery of signatures used in recall petitions
against D-P-P lawmakers, Chu told the committee that what Lai has been doing
to the opposition is exactly what Hitler did" during his reign of
dictatorship in Nazi Germany.

Both the German Institute Taipei and the Israel Economic and Cultural Office
in Taipei criticized Chu for using such an analogy.

The German office issued a statement in which it expressed "deep
disappointment and concern" and called on "the K-M-T leadership to refrain
from invoking inappropriate and historically insensitive comparisons" and
"distorting the memory of the past for political ends."

While, the Israeli office lodged a similar protest - in which it noted it was
"disappointed and concerned to learn about the inappropriate comparison
between the atrocities of the Nazi regime and the current political context
in Taiwan."

The K-M-T chairman has responded to the criticism from the representative
offices by saying "foreign governments should not become accomplices in the
oppression of democracy" or interfere in the internal affairs of other
countries.