Source: Global Times
Taitung and Hualien areas suffered severe earthquakes, but Tsai Ing-wen went to the "Disaster Response Command Center" for a meeting, but asked local officials to wait for two hours, and left after reading the draft, and was criticized as "the coldest-blooded disaster prevention meeting."
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"talking to yourself high above"
According to Taiwan's China Times Electronic News 19, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred on the 18th in Taitung Lake, causing disasters such as building collapse, bridge breakage, landslide collapse and other disasters in Hualien and Taitung. On the evening of the 18th, the authorities held a disaster prevention meeting, and the Taitung and Hualien County Governments were asked to attend the meeting video. Taitung County Mayor Rao Qingling revealed in an interview on the 19th that at 5:30 pm on the 18th, the Taitung County Government held a disaster response meeting. Before the meeting ended, she received instructions from the authorities to hold a meeting and videoed with Tsai Ing-wen. As a result, "We kept waiting, and finally waited until 8 o'clock." Based on past experience, the authorities would ask about the local disaster situation, "They left after they finished speaking, and they didn't seem to want to talk to us." Hualien County Mayor Xu Zhenwei also said that Hualien was very happy that the authorities were concerned about the local area and counted the disaster and future reconstruction conditions. They were expected to report to Tsai Ing-wen at 8 pm, "but later the sound of the screen was turned off, and Tsai did not ask about the local conditions of the county government after speaking."
The DPP authorities' move angered local officials in eastern Taiwan. On the evening of the 18th, Yu Mingxun, director of the Transportation and Tourism Development Department of Taitung County, held a disaster prevention meeting to express his feelings on Facebook. He said that they waited from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., and the authorities did not tell when it would start. Finally, two hours later, Tsai Ing-wen arrived. "'President' Su Zhenchang issued some inconspicuous instructions that seemed irrelevant to me. Tsai Ing-wen finally came on stage. After reading the manuscript, several people immediately stood up and left the meeting, which surprised everyone at the Taitung scene." Yu Mingxun said that the authorities had no intention of letting the local government make statements or reports throughout the video conference, and of course they did not say hello, comfort or encourage morale. "These people with power are talking to themselves unilaterally and aboveboard." He criticized him for not knowing the significance of this meeting and said bluntly that he "participated in the coldest and most meaningless disaster prevention meeting in his life." The reporters present also posted a message saying that "Minister of the Interior" Xu Guoyong even read the data wrongly. Su Zhenchang said some irrelevant words. He thought Tsai Ing-wen would say something constructive, but the three of them turned out to "turn around gorgeously" after reading the irrelevant things throughout the process. Everyone in Taitung was stunned, "This kind of disaster prevention meeting makes people angry and disgusting."
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"Words and deeds are like manuscript reading machine"
Some people in the green camp are still trying hard to fight. "Legislator" , who runs for Taitung County Mayor, Liu Zhaohao, issued a press release on the 619th saying that there were continuous earthquakes in Taitung, and the authorities and local governments should work together. Rao Qingling should not allow the first-level county government supervisor to "create confrontation with political language" on Facebook . Luo Zhizheng, secretary-general of the Democratic Progressive Party's Legislative Yuan, said that since the disaster occurred, the authorities have maintained close contact with local governments and provided various necessary assistance as soon as possible. Aftershocks may occur in the future. I hope that the government and opposition parties can "swer less and sweat more." On the 19th, Tsai Ing-wen apologized to the two county magistrates and the disaster relief teams in Hualien and Taitung. She argued that because the staff were busy and lacked communication, the connection was negligible and failed to communicate with the two county magistrates and the disaster relief team, "I would like to express my apology to the two county magistrates and the disaster relief team in Huadong."
htmlOn 19, the Kuomintang Party Group held a press conference, saying that it is not ruled out to obstruct Su Zhenchang's policy report. Zeng Mingzong, the convener of the Party and Cavalry General, said that the Disaster Response Center meeting on the 18th not only made the local government wait for two hours, but Tsai Ing-wen and Su Zhenchang did not even say hello, condolences or encouragement. "It is really a coldest and inhumane meeting. The Kuomintang Party and Cavalry should give the strictest condemnation." United News Network noticed that despite Tsai Ing-wen's apology, a large number of netizens still exposed her Facebook, mocking her words and deeds like "a reading machine that made the Taitung County Government wait for two hours."Former Tainan County Mayor Su Huanzhi, who runs for Taipei Mayor, criticized on the 19th that Tsai Ing-wen seemed to have performed a disaster prevention show. This cold-blooded performance shows that she is in a mess, and Su Zhenchang and Xu Guoyong who are accompanying her are also seriously dereliction of duty. Although Tsai apologized, he may not be able to calm down the "people's heartbreak". Senior media person Huang Weihan said on the 19th that the authorities notified local governments to hold video conferences and asked to go online and standby, but in the end they left the place there and ignored them. It was incredible, "This government is simply disabled." "Legislator" Lai Shibao angrily said that the authorities even used disaster relief, which was really cruel.
"Seriously inaccurate political judgment"
Taiwan's "United News Network" commented on the 19th that the earthquake on the 18th was the earthquake with the greatest impact on Taiwan after the 2018 Hualien earthquake. For Tsai Ing-wen, the most important thing was to pay attention to the disaster and issue necessary instructions, but she still attended the Nantou auxiliary election schedule at 3 pm that day, and her political judgment was seriously inaccurate. This kind of video conference on disaster prevention is like taking a "cloud leopard" to detect disasters four years ago. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is cold-blooded.
From the 17th to the 18th, the total number of earthquakes in Taiwan reached 147. On September 19, the Taiwan earthquake continued. The Meteorological Bureau earthquake report said that a magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurred in Zhuoxi Township, Hualien County at 10:7 am that day, with a depth of 13 kilometers. Taipei can also feel violent shaking. The Taiwan Disaster Response Center held its fourth working meeting at 9 pm on the 19th and said that the earthquake has killed 1 person and injured 167 people.
Several tourists were trapped in Chike Mountain and Liushishi Mountain. United News Network said that four or five hundred people were trapped in the mountainous area. Fortunately, at around 11:50 am on the 19th, the last large collapse was opened, and the trapped people could drive down the mountain. As of 9:00 p.m. on the 19th, Taiwan's "Ministry of Education" counted that a total of 532 schools in Taiwan were affected, with the amount of damage reaching NT$115.7 million NT$6. The most damaged schools are 115 schools in Kaohsiung. [Source: Global Times Special Correspondent Chen Lifei]
