There are of course many reasons why the government would emphasize human rights. Virtually all of the leaders of the Democratic Progressive Party, including Chen Shui-bian and Annette Lu, served time in prison.
新政府強調人權的重要其來有自，包括陳水扁、呂秀蓮正、副總統在內的民進黨精英幾乎都曾入獄。