Taipei, Sept. 12 (CNA) A massive assembly has been planned by various groups for Sept. 16 to counter the "Million Voices Against Corruption" campaign, calling for protection of Taiwanese values and opposition to polarization and disorder, the organizers announced Tuesday.
Led by the pro-independence Taiwan Society, more than a hundred civic groups are organizing the rally, titled "Facing the Sun: Love, Hope, and Taiwan Light, " that will take place on Ketagelan Boulevard Saturday, one day after the expected conclusion of the anti-President Chen Shui-bian protest led by Shih Ming-teh, a veteran politician who once served as chairman of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, at the same location.
"We want to express the ideals that the general public needs stabilization instead of polarization; law and order instead of revolution; economic prosperity instead of disorder, " said Chet Yang, secretary-general of the Taiwan Society.
The Taiwan Society is an umbrella group that consists of Taiwan Society North, Taiwan Society South, Taiwan Society East, Taiwan Herald Society, and several groups in Japan and North America.
The anti-Chen protest, which began Sept. 9, has got out of hand and has reached the point of "possible guerrilla war in the city, " Yang claimed.
"The silence and pain of most people have gone unnoticed during this period. The ultimate values of Taiwan -- democracy, freedom, happiness and stabilization -- are on the verge of destruction, " he said, adding that he is confident that 100,000 participants will take part.