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Dear President Elect Ma,

First, I must admit that I’m not one of your fans. Although the day before being elected, you said on CNN that “Taiwan is a sovereign country”, you’ve also said that “the future of Taiwan is to be decided by the people of both sides of the Strait.” In the past you even issued a press release saying that Taiwanese should not carry our national flag to support our athletes in front of the PRC team. So, I’m not sure whether or not you will protect Taiwan’s sovereignty. In addition, I believe that developing a self-sustainable economic model is a much better approach and will serve Taiwan’s long term interest better than placing Taiwan’s economic future at the mercy of the PRC’s goodwill and its tourists. Finally, although you’ve apologized for the 228 Massacre many times, your party still refuse to change the name of legislation from “228 Compensation Act” to “228 Atonement Act” which implies that the KMT government admits the mistake and apologizes for it. For this reason, I am very doubtful about your recognition of the transitional justice and your intention to achieve it.
Yet the outcome of the presidential election is clear, the majority of the Taiwanese people chose to believe you. Although I don’t understand their choice, I respect it. Although I am hurt, I do not hate. I toss and turn sleeplessly in bed, but I don’t think about going out in the streets to protest or to vent my emotions because for the 23 million people living in Taiwan, our common interest is more important than our mutual differences. We will suffer together if Taiwan is unstable.
As a citizen, over the next four years not only will I not retreat but, as long as it’s in Taiwan’s interest, I will help. Like when President Lee Teng-hui was fighting for the democracy of Taiwan, although many people did not identify with the KMT, they would volunteer to help without thinking of their personal gains or setbacks.
The future of Taiwan over the next four years is entirely in yours and the KMT’s hands. Absolute power means complete responsibility. Besides, in the next four years we pretty much lost all the power of check and balances. So we can only hope. Hope that you will treat Taiwan well. Protect its sovereignty. Do not just consider immediate, short-term economic advantages and sacrifice long-term interests. Achieve transitional justice and Practice social equality. I hope that you can prove my doubts about you were needless and wrong.
As for Taiwan, my only motherland and home, the land of my children and grandchildren, no matter what I will do whatever it takes to protect you.

God Bless Taiwan.

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Note: this is a collaborative translation. I made an original trans. and Subing replied with edits on 04/02.