Regarding the 9-in-1 election at the end of this year, the presidents of both the Kuomintang and the Democratic Party have confiscated their party primaries. Yau Yinglong, chairman of the pro-green "Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation", criticized yesterday that it is now a quasi-authoritarian restoration and 21st century Taiwan party politics In its darkest moments, party nominations have become a killing ground. He will launch a "second democratic movement" across Taiwan, calling on the people to prevent the endless decline of Taiwan's party politics.
You Yinglong used KMT Chairman Zhu Lilun to persuade Miaoli County Speaker Zhongdong Jin to choose the county magistrate, and DPP Chairman Tsai Ing-wen attended the Changhua Xiaoying Friends Dinner to help party "legislators" who were unwilling to run for county magistrate. Huang Xiufang was building momentum, but she did not invite Qiu Jianfu, who was very willing to run, for example. In addition, Taipei City Lin Jialong, Taitung County Lai Kuncheng, Taoyuan City Zheng Baoqing, as well as many outstanding and ambitious people in various counties and cities.
He said that this was the first time in Taiwan's political history that those who were willing to run for office had no way to run for office, and those who were not willing to run for office were pushed aside. It was really miserable. Those in power are unscrupulous and wanton, pursuing personal or factional selfish interests, and party nominations have become a killing ground for political parties.
You Yinglong's bombardment. During this period, Tsai Ing-wen's will was invincible, and the British faction seemed to be in a no-man's land. He criticized Lin Zhijian, as the current mayor of Hsinchu City, for showing that he was not evil at first, but could not resist the temptation in front of him. He resigned and ran for mayor of Taoyuan. He "eats what is inside the bowl and looks outside the bowl." This was the first bad example of local autonomy in the history of Taiwan.
He said that electoral democracy is the minimum democracy. Taiwan's democracy is best known to the world as "electoral democracy"; how can a person who completely disrespects intra-party democracy and only cares about concentrating power in one body promote democracy? Deepen democracy?
You Yinglong said sadly that Taiwan's party politics has reached this point today. Those in power only pursue their own and factional interests and have forgotten what are the responsibilities, roles and functions of a democratic political party? What are the people’s interests and expectations? It is obviously the corruption, depravity, dereliction of duty, incompetence and disqualification of the political parties. "When the major political parties begin to become corrupt, can democratic politics still be free from corruption and regression?"
He believes that Taiwan is in urgent need of a second democratic movement, so it will be combined All people with ideals, enthusiasm, and drive work together to prevent the endless downward spiral of Taiwan's party politics and bring Taiwan's democratic development back on track.
You Yinglong plans to establish the "Taiwan Second Democratic Movement Organization" to promote new citizens' movements in conjunction with the year-end elections, promote ideas throughout Taiwan, and supervise the major political parties not to degenerate, engage in nonsense, and deviate from mainstream public opinion. It is expected that next month there will be prototype. As for the specific connotation, it will be open to discussion and debate to form a new consensus on democratic development. (Xue Yang/editor)
