Kaohsiung City-City Tower fire killed 46 people. Although Mayor Chen Chi-mai bowed and apologized for the second time, he once criticized the then Taichung Mayor Hu Zhiqiang for resigning due to the nightclub fire. A video was dug up, and he was criticized as the "Boomerang Prince" ". The "Legislative Yuan" caucus of the Kuomintang held a press conference today and once again criticized Chen Qimai for evading the political responsibility he should bear.
It is reported that Kaohsiung City Public Works Director Su Zhixun and Fire Chief Li Qingxiu resigned before the administrative investigation report was released. The Kaohsiung City Government also announced that 260 million yuan (NTD, the same below) in donations will be used to care for the victims. The Kuomintang League of the Kaohsiung City Council, accompanied by General Convenor Fei Hongtai and Secretary-General Chen Yuzhen of the "Legislative Yuan" Party League, held a press conference today to raise questions.
Fei Hongtai said that a fire in a nightclub in Taichung 10 years ago killed nine people. Chen Qimai said how many more people would die before Hu Zhiqiang would step down. The fire in Kaohsiung killed 46 people. Many people are also asking, how many more people will die before Chen Qimai will step down? There is a kind of responsibility called political responsibility. Has Chen Qimai forgotten it or is he afraid of thinking about it?
Tong Yanzhen, the chief convener of the Kuomintang League of the Kaohsiung City Council, pointed out that Chen Qimai has always been lenient with self-discipline and strict with others. On the day of the incident, Chen Qimai clearly stated to the media that he would take responsibility, but he actively evaded it afterwards. According to Shi's investigation report, the fire chief and public works chief, who have always wanted to step down, abandoned their cars to save their commanders and cut off their tails to survive.
Councilor Chen Meiya criticized that the 64-page investigation report did not mention the responsibility that Chen Qimai should bear at all. It only asked the two directors to step down, and said that the residents themselves were responsible. This approach is simply the behavior of a cold-blooded and scumbag, completely blaming and shirking responsibility. The party group asked Chen Qimai to suspend himself for investigation and not just use charity money to evade political responsibility.
Councilor Huang Shaoting pointed out that Chen Qimai asked Deputy Mayor Lin Qinrong to serve as the co-convener of the administrative investigation press conference, which was basically an administrative investigation report of players and referees. As early as the day of the fire in the city-center city, Lin Qinrong should have stepped down and taken charge. Hastily resigning the two directors could save 46 lives?
