Source: Global Times
[Global Times Comprehensive Report] Northern Taiwan rains is a disaster, which seems to disrupt the auxiliary election schedule of various political parties for "nine-in-one", but unexpectedly becomes an alternative election battlefield.
According to Taiwan's China Times on the 17th, the typhoon " Nasha " brought heavy rain to northeastern Taiwan on the 16th, and floods occurred in many places in northern Taiwan. Taiwan's "Premier Administrative" Su Zhenchang decisively canceled the afternoon's auxiliary election itinerary early in the morning and went to the command center to take charge. However, he regarded disaster relief as a show. On the one hand, a large number of Taipei Mayors Ke Wenzhe still went to Nantou and Taichung Taichung to choose the auxiliary election despite the flood; on the other hand, he belittled Yilan County Mayor Lin Zimiao, and suddenly staged a "in-class exam" when she mentioned that she needed to grab the passageway, and asked and mocked her for not knowing which road was interrupted.
In response to Su Zhenchang's accusations, Ke Wenzhe, who was selected for the supplementary election on the morning of the 16th, responded, "A sound government can spontaneously deal with it no matter where the superior is." However, due to the constant disaster at night, he also canceled his trip to Taipei to investigate the disaster.
The China Times said that a major earthquake occurred in Taitung in September, causing the collapse of buildings and bridges. Tsai Ing-wen was not only criticized and continued to assist in the election, but Su and Cai even conducted "reading flash" at the disaster response center. This time, Su Zhenchang seemed to have learned a lesson, but this "disaster relief show" is equivalent to helping the DPP candidates in various places in disguise to assist in the election, "it is both disaster relief and auxiliary election." Other DPP politicians also followed suit. On the 17th, the Democratic Progressive Party Group of Taipei City Council launched a condemnation statement at the election headquarters of the mayor of Taipei, Chen Shizhong, a member of the party, and said that the mayor of Taipei was not here, asking Ko Wen-je to apologize to the public. If you are not interested in the municipal administration, it would be better to resign as soon as possible.
This time, the candidates in each "nine-in-one" election dare not neglect. On the 16th, Chen Shizhong, non-party Taipei mayor candidate Huang Shanshan and Kuomintang candidate Jiang Wanan went to Kanghu Tunnel to care about the collapse of soil and rocks. Among them, Jiang Wanan not only understood the progress of the rush, but also sent midnight snacks to comfort the hard-working staff. On the evening of the 16th, he posted a post on Facebook to announce the scene, attracting more than 6,500 people to like it. Hou Youyi, the mayor of New Taipei , who also went south to the auxiliary, returned north after running the first itinerary of Hsinchu City and quickly went to Xizhi to investigate the disaster.
While rescuing disasters, blue and green did not forget to fight a big battle of verbalism. Jiang Wanan was criticized by the Green Camp because his disaster detection speed was the slowest among the three Taipei mayor candidates. Ye Yuanzhi, vice chairman of the Kuomintang Cultural and Communication Association, criticized the Green Camp on the 17th, saying that a heavy rain has passed, and the DPP’s “Double North” candidates, one can perform and the other can choose a fake one. He said that “disaster prevention is more important than elections” and “the epidemic is also a disaster. Why did Chen Shizhong abandon the job of a disaster prevention commander and go to the election?” The “fake” refers to the DPP’s New Taipei mayor candidate Lin Jialong, who was still competing for elections all day on the 16th and did not care about the disaster.
htmlFor more than 0 years, every time Taiwan encounters natural disasters and man-made disasters, it seems to have been turned into a stage for politicians. In 2009, the " Morak " typhoon hit. Xue Xiangchuan, then the "Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan, ended his overtime work. He was surrounded and suppressed by the green camp for having a meal with his father-in-law to celebrate Father's Day. In August 2018, Tsai Ing-wen went to Chiayi to investigate the disaster and took a "Cloud Leopard" armored vehicle. She was asked by local people to walk. Hu Youwei, a professor at the Department of Journalism at the Chinese University of Culture in Taiwan, concluded that in Taiwan, no matter which party is in power, the leaders of the authorities or the "prefect" usually do not take the initiative to speak out immediately, "This is the first mistake in Taiwan's so-called disaster detection politics." Secondly, after the disaster, the chief often fell into the dilemma of "going too early to hinder disaster relief, and going too late will be scolded". In the end, they often went to survey the disaster with a large number of officials and public opinion representatives. Then, in order to visit a few more places, each disaster area could only stay for a short time, but the victims complained that they were just here to make a show. Finally, the executive head's speech was not high, only "angry words".Taiwan United News Network said on the 17th that "disaster prevention politics" is a unique product of Taiwan's political ecology. If it is handled well, its political reputation will soar; if it is handled carefully, it will be labeled as not friendly enough, and some people will never be able to turn over, and they will even lose their official position. (Cheng Dong)
