｜ Chapter 3 ｜ Protest: The Crucial 20 Days Huang Chu-wen stressed that he agreed that the legal elements of crime in Article 100 of the Criminal Code should be clarified. However, out of concern for national security and political stability, he believed that Article 100 could only be amended, not abolished. Huang Chu-wen further promised that going forward, he would promote and complete the amendment of Article 100 of the Criminal Code and release all political prisoners. Relevant ongoing cases would also not be prosecuted. After Huang Chu-wen’s show of good faith, incumbent KMT legislators were all deliberately absent in the meeting of the Legislative Yuan’s Judicial Committee held on the afternoon of October 7, allowing attending DPP legislators to lead the meeting and quickly pass the first reading of the proposal to repeal Article 100 of the Criminal Code. Seeing that negotiations had led to initial results, Lee Chen-yuan, Lin Shan-tien, Chen Shih-meng, and others finally let out a sigh of relief as they got ready to call off the anti-military parade movement. They only worried about how to face alliance members, who rehearsed non-violent protests day and night. The 100 Action Alliance advocated against the military parade and for the abolishing of the Criminal Code’s Article 100. Academician Lee Chen-yuan urged the police to treat people kindly. Photographer: Liu Chen-hsiang 106 107