On 23 March 1996, 76 % of the ROC's electorate voted to choose their first ever directly elected president. This was the first time in China's history that ordinary people like you and me have been able to choose our national leader, thus proving that in the Chinese world, freedom, democracy and human rights can coexist with prosperity and stability.
民國八十五年三月二十三日，百分之七十六的中華民國選民，投票選擇了我們的第一任直接民選總統，成就了中國有史以來第一次由你我眾人選出的國家領袖，也寫下了中國歷史上的新頁，證明在中國人的世界中，自由、民主、人權可以和繁榮、穩定並存不悖。