,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,con4 ,,res4 #df  ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,july   
#cj1 #bjac ,mr4 ,andrews submitted the  
following concurrent resolution2 which  
was referred to the ,committee on       
,foreign ,affairs  ,,concurrent         
,,resolution  ,urging the ,government of
 ,taiwan to grant former ,president     
,chen ,shui-bian medical parole to      
ensure that he receives the highest     
level of medical attention4  ,whereas   
,taiwan's democratic development is of  
tremendous significance globally and to 
the ,pacific region2 ,whereas over the  
past two decades1 the people of ,taiwan 
have worked hard to establish a vibrant 
and pluralistic democracy in their      
country and conducted five successful   
presidential elections1 successive      
elections for members of their national 
legislature1 numerous local elections1  
and two national referendums2 ,whereas  
since the administration of the         
,kuomintang ,nationalists came to office

 in #bjjh1 a large number of            
investigations and prosecutions led by  
the ,democratic ,progressive ,party     
7,,dpp7 have been brought against       
officials from the previous             
administration1 including former        
,president ,chen ,shui-bian2 ,whereas   
most of these prosecutions were         
politically motivated1 in an apparent   
pattern of political score-settling2    
,whereas the health of former ,president
 ,chen1 who is serving a #ai-year prison
 sentence1 has deteriorated markedly in 
the past two years2 ,whereas concerned  
foreign dignitaries and human rights    
activists from the ,united ,states and  
,europe have visited former ,president  
,chen in jail since the summer of #bjab2
 ,whereas former ,president ,chen has   
not been able to receive adequate       
medical treatment in accordance with his
 wishes1 such as selecting either       
doctors or hospitals1 and has not been  
able to have complete access to his     
medical records2 and ,whereas section   

#b7;c7 of the ,taiwan ,relations ,act   
7#bb ,u4,s4,c4 #ccja7;c77 declares that 
the preservation and enhancement of the 
human rights of all the people of       
,taiwan are hereby reaffirmed as        
objectives of the ,united ,states43     
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that ,congress 
urges the ,government of ,taiwan to     
grant former ,president ,chen ,shui-bian
 medical parole to ensure that he       
receives the highest level of medical   
attention1 effective immediately4