Taiwanese and foreign lawmakers yesterday vowed to defend democracy and freedom, and counter disinformation, as they signed a joint statement at the closing of the Open Parliament Forum in Taipei. The statement was signed by six foreign and Taiwanese legislators: Belizean House of Representatives Speaker Valerie Woods; Estonian lawmaker Juri Jaanson, who chairs the Estonian Support Group of Taiwan; Latvian Parliamentary Group for the Support of Taiwan chairman Janis Vucans; Lithuanian Parliamentary Group for Relations with Taiwan chairman Matas Maldeikis; Mexican Senator Nadia Navarro Acevedo; and independent Legislator Freddy Lim (林昶佐) from Taiwan. It was also signed by Hsiao Hsin-cheng (蕭新晟),