Despite differences in their views on many issues, three participants in a debate on the enactment of a cross-strait peaceful coexistence law all agreed Wednesday that seeking the Taiwanese people's best interests and maintaining peace in the Taiwan Strait should be Taiwan's major policy goals. During the debate held by the China Times Group, Robert Tsao, honorary chairman of the United Microelectronics Corp., said such a law could help resolve the issue of eventual unification of Taiwan and China or independence for Taiwan. Tsao, who has been pushing for the law and has published several big advertisements on the topic in major newspapers, said that the law would pave the way for peaceful coexistence between Taiwan and China. The proposal has drawn widespread attention. The opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said the proposal is unacceptable because it excludes provisions for a referendum on Taiwan independence, but allows for one on unification. Expressing his opposition to the proposed law, Chang Ya-chung, head of a unification advocacy group, said if Taiwan and China fail to establish mutual trust, the law could be manipulated by politicians and become instead a cross- strait peaceful secession law. Meanwhile, former DPP Legislator Lin Chuo-shui questioned the feasibility of the proposed law, saying that a unification referendum could become a national defense referendum and deepen divisions over the Taiwan identity issue. 