html On July 24, Lin Weizhou, a member of the Kuomintang nationality, announced to the outside world his determination to "stand in the election to the end" and threatened to wait for the Kuomintang to expel him. Sure enough, on the 25th, the Hsinchu County Party Headquarters of the Kuomintang quickly made the decision to expel Lin Weizhou. July 25th is Lin Weizhou’s 57th birthday. Lin Weizhou was the first member of the Kuomintang to announce his candidacy for Hsinchu County Magistrate, and he has always topped the list in the polls. But at a critical moment, the Kuomintang Central Committee decided to abandon the universal polling mechanism and instead forcibly recruited Yang Wenke, deputy magistrate of Hsinchu County, to compete for the county magistrate election at the end of the year on behalf of the Kuomintang. This made Lin Weizhou greatly dissatisfied. When he learned that he had been expelled from the party, Lin Weizhou choked up and said: "This is a birthday I will never forget!" He also loudly asked the Kuomintang Central Committee and Wu Dunyi: "Where did I go wrong?"
In fact, Lin Weizhou was not the only one who had received This kind of "birthday gift package" of "expulsion from the party" is a "birthday book" that many politicians in Taiwan have a hard time reciting.
丨 Zhang Rongwei: The day of imprisonment coincided with 61html’s 6th birthday丨
Former Yunlin County Magistrate Zhang Rongwei was accused of accepting bribes of approximately NT$10 million over a period for handling the Linnei Incineration Plant project and was sentenced to 8 years in prison. Jian was sentenced to prison on July 10, 2018. And this day happens to be Zhang Rongwei’s 61st birthday. Under the attention of the outside world, Yunlin No. 2 Prison showed Zhang Rongwei's "birthday meal" menu in prison - lunch was fish soup risotto , crispy spring rolls and tomato and egg drop soup; Dinner is braised pork wedges with dried bamboo shoots, mapo tofu, stir-fried cabbage and mustard mustard pork soup.
丨 Ma Ying-jeou: But 68html was busy complaining on his 6th birthday 丨
On the same day that Zhang Rongwei was imprisoned, a major event happened - Ma Ying-jeou was arrested by the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office under the Securities and Exchange Act for the "Three Intermediaries Case". ” Prosecutions were made on charges of irregular transactions, special breach of trust and breach of trust under the “Criminal Code”.
After three days of silence, on July 13, Ma Ying-jeou’s 68th birthday, he took advantage of the opportunity to visit the exhibition at the “228 Memorial Hall” to complain to the outside world and issued a thousand-word statement, emphasizing that “although he is not bellicose, he is not responsible for being ordered to sue me.” of Beiquan, I We will fight with all our strength."
However, on the same day, the Taipei District Prosecutor's Office announced that since the prosecutors had not found any evidence of Ma Ying-jeou's crime, the case of Ma Ying-jeou involving Tu Li Yuanxiong in the Arena was settled, which can be regarded as a verdict. An alternative "birthday gift" for Ma Ying-jeou.
丨 Tsai Ing-wen: 61html The 6th birthday parade was scolded 丨
August 31, 2017 is Tsai Ing-wen’s 61st birthday. Because Taiwanese athletes performed well at the Universiade held in Taipei, Tsai Ing-wen proposed to hold a "Taiwan Heroes Parade" for them, which happened to be on August 31. As a result, Tsai Ing-wen’s proposal was questioned by the outside world as using the outstanding performance of athletes to bless Tsai Ing-wen’s birthday. For a time, Tsai Ing-wen was flooded with public opinion, and naturally she did not have a good birthday.
丨 Chen Shui-bian: 60 spent his birthday in prison 丨
October 9, 2010 is Chen Shui-bian’s 60th birthday. Chen Shui-bian, who has been detained for 680 days, has always hoped to spend his 60th birthday at home. Because Taiwan's "High Court" promised Chen Shui-bian that if the Bian family could pay back the money remitted overseas, it would consider releasing Chen Shui-bian. Chen Shui-bian's mother also played the card of sadness, crying to the outside world, "I am so old, how long do I have to wait?" However, just two days before Chen Shui-bian's birthday, the judge ruled that although most of Chen Shui-bian's overseas funds had been repatriated, , but Chen Shui-bian faced a felony of more than 20 years and was in danger of fleeing, so it was decided to postpone his detention for 2 months. Therefore, Chen Shui-bian spent his 60th birthday in prison.
丨 Wang Jinping: 65html announced his candidacy for party chairman on his 6th birthday 丨
On March 17, 2005, Wang Jinping’s 65th birthday party was held with great excitement. Not only did Ma Ying-jeou personally deliver the cake, but nearly 130 current and former representatives from various political parties attended Wang Jinping's birthday party.At the birthday party, Wang Jinping officially announced his candidacy for the chairmanship of the Kuomintang, and personally ate the cake sent by Ma Ying-jeou to express that there is no "Ma Ying-jeou political strife", only "Ma-Ma Wang cooperation." But in the end, Wang Jinping still lost to Ma Ying-jeou and lost in the battle for party chairmanship.
9 years later, Ma Ying-jeou, as the chairman of the Kuomintang, publicly called for Wang Jinping's party membership to be revoked. Subsequently, the Kuomintang's disciplinary committee revoked Wang Jinping's party membership, intending to make him lose his qualifications for the non-district democratic representative and his position as the head of Taiwan's legislative body. In response, Wang Jinping proposed false sanctions and temporarily preserved his party membership and position. Later, the Taipei District Court announced that Wang Jinping won the first instance and regained the victory. However, the knot between Wang Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou can no longer be resolved.
On July 27, 2018, Ma Ying-jeou established the "Ma Ying-jeou Cultural and Educational Foundation". The establishment tea party was attended by KMT dignitaries. However, although Wang Jinping received a personal phone invitation from Ma Ying-jeou, he still only sent flower baskets and did not attend.
The grievances and grievances and rights and wrongs of Taiwanese politicians are always magnified and scrutinized by the media, so the special day of "birthday" has also become a stage for them to fight against each other. Falling into the trap as soon as a birthday is celebrated is probably a "birthday mantra" that Taiwan's political kings will never be able to recite well.
This article is compiled from Taiwanese media.
