The Executive Yuan said Monday that it regretted the opposition Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP's) rejection of information on a cross-strait trade pact provided by the Cabinet ahead of a debate on the issue. The Cabinet was responding to a DPP statement in which the party reacted with disdain to information it received from the government on the cross-strait economic cooperation framework agreement (ECFA). 'We asked for an apple, but we got a guava,' the DPP said. The DPP also said the documents would be thrown into the recycling bin rather than relayed to DPP Chairwoman Tsai Eng-wen to avoid wasting her time. Executive Yuan spokesman Johnny Chiang said the DPP's statement was regrettable, and indicated that if Tsai was not satisfied, she could return the documents rather than throw them away. 'Is this how an opposition party should act? ' Chiang asked. Tsai will debate President Ma Ying-jeou on the merits of the ECFA on April 25. To prepare for the showdown, the DPP requested access to a number of documents, including the early harvest list proposed by the government, the draft of the agreement, and any government- commissioned ECFA assessment reports. At Ma's request, the Cabinet provided the information on the proposed trade pact, but said it withheld the details on Taiwan's early harvest list. Chen Ching-tsai, deputy secretary-general of the Executive Yuan, carried the more than 500 pages of information to the DPP in the afternoon. DPP spokesman Tsai Chi-chang said the documents included reports given by the Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) and the Ministry of Economic Affairs at the legislature, the information posted on the MAC Web site, the news releases and public opinion polls. Tsai said the government has vowed to sign the ECFA in June, but the public does not have any access to the content of the pact, and 'the party wants to know on what basis both sides are negotiating the deal.' 