( Observer Network News) After covering it up for half a year, Chen Shizhong, the "Minister of Health and Welfare" and "Commander of the Central Epidemic Command Center" of the Democratic Progressive Party authorities, officially resigned today (14th) and ran for mayor of Taipei. At this time, there were nearly 30,000 new cases of COVID-19 on the island every day. Unsurprisingly, Chen Shizhong was given the title of "Failure Minister" and "Failure Commander".
Taiwanese media commented that DPP Chairman Tsai Ing-wen’s words that “epidemic prevention needs commanders, municipal administration also needs commanders” are ironic. The semantics and logic revealed by Chen Shizhong's resignation are "Although epidemic prevention is important, municipal administration is more important"? To put it more accurately, it should be "Epidemic prevention requires commanders, but the DPP needs mayoral candidates more."
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According to Taiwan's "United Daily News" report on July 14, on the 13th, the Democratic Progressive Party recruited "Minister of Health and Welfare" Chen Shizhong to run for mayor of Taipei. Chen Shizhong resigned at the "Executive Yuan meeting" on the 14th and attended a press conference.
"Executive President" Su Zhenchang said that he was very grateful to Chen Shizhong for serving as the "Minister of Health and Welfare" from February 8, 2017, making him the longest-serving "minister" in the past 25 years.
Su Zhenchang praised Chen Shizhong, saying that his hard work is obvious to all. He holds the epidemic press conference at 2pm every day while everyone is taking a nap. It is not easy.
In the afternoon of the same day, Taipei Mayor Ke Wenzhe went to the city council to deliver his last policy address during his tenure. City Councilor Li Qingyuan pointed out during the inquiry that the chaos in vaccines, rapid screening agents and children's vaccines during the epidemic should be blamed on Chen Shizhong. Don't worry Should we hand over municipal administration to Chen Shizhong?
Ke Wenzhe said that the Taipei Municipal Government still needs time to find a solution, and it is not easy to land by air. It takes a long time just to figure out the department. Usually there is no training or preparation, and it takes two years to get out of touch. "It took me two years to figure it out."
In addition, the timing of Chen Shizhong's resignation and the successor candidate for "Minister of Health and Welfare" have attracted attention.
"Executive Yuan" spokesman Luo Bingcheng said that Chen Shizhong submitted his resignation today. The relevant procedures after the resignation will be carried out immediately. Once confirmed, the successor candidate and handover time will be announced immediately, and the two "minister" and "epidemic commander" Succession candidates will be processed together. Before his resignation is approved and takes effect, Chen Shizhong is still the "Minister of Health and Welfare."
Kuomintang Chairman Chu Lilun html criticized on the 213th that the new crown epidemic in Taiwan is still serious, and the epidemic prevention commander actually ran away to compete in the Taipei mayoral election. Not only Taipei, the Democratic Progressive Party also nominated candidates in places such as New Taipei and Taoyuan. Among them, the candidate nominated by the Democratic Progressive Party in Taoyuan became the first incumbent mayor to lose office in Hsinchu in decades. Moreover, he did not take over the "central government" or epidemic prevention duties to serve the whole Taiwan, but directly defected to the next door. Taoyuan City participated in the election.
The Kuomintang also held a press conference titled "Chen Shizhong's Top Ten 'Irresponsible' Incidents Are Revealed! Will Taking Responsibility Change?" and listed Chen Shizhong's "Top Ten Irresponsible" Incidents During the Epidemic Prevention Period, including "ignoring the epidemic and causing disasters." "We did not prepare anything and let the people coexist with the virus", "wrong anti-epidemic policies have led to the unjust deaths of countless people", "many procurement malpractices", "obstructing scientific testing" and "only shirking responsibility when things happen", etc. .
"United Daily News" commented that DPP Chairman Tsai Ing-wen "needs a commander for epidemic prevention, and municipal administration also needs a commander." This is ironic: After Chen Shizhong was diagnosed on June 12, he has only attended the "Command Center" reporter three times so far. meeting, it is clear that they have no intention of preventing the epidemic, and the candidate for the successor "commander" has not yet been announced; the municipal commander is actually more important than the epidemic prevention commander, which shows that the DPP authorities only have elections in their hearts, not the people. Screenshot of
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Moreover, Taiwanese media pointed out that Chen Shizhong has been secretive and ambiguous in the past six months about whether to run for mayor of Taipei. Recently, he was ridiculed as "a lapsed minister" and "a lapsed commander", but he kept saying "shocks" and blurted out that the "political affairs officer system" is a freelance industry, "you can come at any time, you can leave at any time... you will take the task when it comes." Come down and leave when the task is completed." But when Chen Shizhong said this, there were still 30,000 people reporting infections on the island every day.The epidemic prevention mission is still in progress. Can the "commander" really come and go as he pleases?
"United Daily News" continued to write that the "central epidemic prevention commander" ran to run for mayor of Taipei. Isn't the semantics and logic revealed by "Although epidemic prevention is important, municipal administration is more important"? To put it more accurately, it should be "Epidemic prevention requires commanders, but the DPP needs mayoral candidates more."
The 2022 local public office elections in Taiwan (commonly known as the third nine-in-one local elections) will be held on November 26 this year. In May, the Kuomintang officially nominated Chiang Kai-shek's great-grandson and "legislator" Chiang Wanan to run for mayor of Taipei.
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