Founding Member Huang Hsin-chieh Praises Lee Teng-hui as "Wise," Triggering Internal Factional Backlash

On April 2, 1990, DPP Chairman Huang Hsin-chieh met with President Lee Teng-hui to discuss the National Affairs Conference. During the meeting, Huang praised Lee as "wise," a comment that sparked outrage among the party''s fundamentalists. As a leader of the opposition against authoritarianism, his flattering remarks toward the ruling party leader were seen as a betrayal of the party''s independence and its supporters. This incident highlighted the early internal struggle within the DPP between political realism and ideological purity.