Source: Global Times
[Global Times Special Correspondent Chen Zhengfei] Taipei City heavy rain is a disaster, and the candidates compete in each other in a distance have a strong sense of competition, which also makes the political war of words caused by a heavy rain more serious than floods.
Disaster survey site becomes the stadium
"Nasha" typhoon caused many disasters in Taipei City. The Kuomintang member Jiang Wan'an who was running for Taipei Mayor, Chen Shizhong of the DPP and Huang Shanshan, who was not a party member, fought for disaster surveys like a race, which made voters stunned. According to Taiwan's China Times on the 18th, soil and rock collapse occurred on the slope of the Neihu Kangle Tunnel in Taipei on the 16th. Huang rushed to the scene at 6:58 that night. Chen Shizhong arrived 7 minutes later, Taipei Mayor Ke Wen-je arrived 8:00 pm, and Chiang appeared at 9:00 pm. At that time, the staff were busy grabbing the passageway as soon as possible, but the three candidates regarded it as an election arena. "The rain was still falling, and the on-site personnel had to take into account the safety of the candidates on the one hand, and on the other hand, they had to be responsible for the explanation." According to reports, Jiang Wan'an is a current "legislator", and it is barely reasonable to go to investigate disasters, but Chen Shizhong and Huang Shanshan have no official positions, which is no different from ordinary people. At most, they just come to the scene to understand the situation. "But the three people came to the scene like officials who went to inspect. Rather than saying it was a disaster survey, it was actually a show."
Especially Chen Shizhong, this show was severely criticized on the island. "Ling Media" said on the 18th that witnesses provided video revelations that Chen Shizhong's car drove towards the Neihu Dahu Tunnel at around 6:40 pm on the 16th. In order to avoid the triangular cone arranged by the police at the intersection, he turned around and turned around illegally. He even ran a red light and drove the car across the stop line directly to the intersection. The police stepped forward and interrogated it not long after, and did not issue a report. In order to facilitate his or her staff to get off the bus, Chen's car was parked illegally at the bus stop for 8 minutes, affecting the operation of the bus and passenger passage.
Leather shoes disaster detection was criticized for showing
In response to the above revelations, Chen Shizhong's campaign headquarters defended that there were violations due to emergency disaster detection, and internal reviews and improvements will be made, and relevant fines will be paid in accordance with the law. Xu Qiaoxin, a Taipei City Councilman of the Kuomintang who was criticized by the DPP for illegal parking, reminded on the 18th that he should do the same for Chen Shizhong and asked the police to announce the secret recorder. Netizens on the island were very angry and said bluntly, "The truth is revealed! I scolded others (referring to Jiang Wan'an) for a slower pace, but I ended up running a red light and violating the rules after I was half a beat faster." Some people criticized, "A person who wants to elect the mayor of Taipei actually took the lead in violating the rules by himself." Some people said, "There was a violation because of the emergency response to the disaster? This is also true! Isn't this person just a Taipei citizen Chen Shizhong now? Not even an official, this is not a show, what is a show... The DPP really only has the brains of show and elections."
Not only that, Chen Shizhong went to Wanhua, Taipei and Yangmingshan on the 17th to investigate the situation, but was caught by netizens wearing leather shoes to go to the disaster area. Afterwards, Chen Shizhong's campaign team quickly deleted the relevant videos, and the photos deliberately cut off the original leather shoes. Senior reporter Luo Wangzhe said, "I have been running political news for so long. I saw that the first time I saw a candidate in the disaster survey, wearing leather shoes." The other two Taipei mayor candidates, Jiang Wanan and Huang Shanshan, both wearing rain shoes to detect disasters, because this represents the warmth of politicians towards the disaster. "If you want to detect disasters, you must go up the mountains and seas, walk on earth, rocks, mud... It's not that I can't wear leather shoes, but I don't know how to do these actions when wearing leather shoes." Xu Qiaoxin said in the political commentary program "Big News and Big Bang Gua" that Chen Shizhong's team's deletion of pictures shows that they also think this move is inappropriate, but it still makes people feel that there is no silver here. Jiang Wanan mocked that "Minister" Chen may have never been a representative of public opinion and has no experience.
In addition, Taipei Mayor Ke Wenzhe, who was unable to return to Taipei for disaster detection due to the south election, was recently attacked by the green camp. On the 17th, he said during his inspection that "it was just coming out for everyone to show, it was an explanation for the show," which triggered the "double rainbows" in Hsinchu City to argue with each other. On the 18th, Shen Huihong, the mayor candidate of the DPP Hsinchu , asked whether Gao Hongan of the opponent of the People's Party, agreed with Ke Wenzhe's statement. Gao Hongan responded that some candidates went to the disaster area to take heroic photos, and some people were wearing leather shoes to survey disasters, "How to prevent disaster detection from becoming a political performance is indeed a topic."
People have their own public opinion
"Disaster Exploration Politics" has become a "disclosed academic" in Taiwan's political arena. 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. In 2019, the "White Deer" typhoon came. Su Zhenchang "raided" various counties and cities with videos at the disaster response center. He first called the then mayor of Kaohsiung , and Han Jian was in a meeting and then answered the video. He then called Penghu County Mayor Lai Fengwei, but was transferred to the voicemail. Su was furious. Later, he used the typhoon to open a video to "schedule" the leader and criticized the county and city mayors who had not been connected to the online market. The related practices caused considerable controversy. In September this year, Tsai Ing-wen inspected the Disaster Centre and was originally scheduled to connect with the disaster area. However, she "left after reading the manuscript", and was criticized for being cold-blooded.
However, if handled properly, disasters will become the best stage for politicians to show their abilities. In 1988, Chen Dingnan, then the mayor of Yilan County, soaked in mud and water that was deep in waist, calmly holding notes to record the things to be improved, which is called a "classic" on the island. In recent years, Hou Youyi, mayor of New Taipei , has been at the scene of the Fuxing air crash and breaking the waterproof door, allowing large-scale equipment to enter the market, which has also been praised by all walks of life.
Qiu Shiyi, full-time professor of the Department of Politics at Donghai University, analyzed that Taiwanese voters are fickle, and the epidemic in the past three years has changed the character of Taiwanese people. Everyone just wants to live a good life and feels colder about negative political events. He believes that when the storm comes, politicians should keep their mouths closed and their postures low-key and quiet, and clearly explain what they should do so that they can grasp the psychology of the people in this election battle with "doing things" as the main axis. You Shuhui, a Kuomintang Taipei City Councillor who has more than ten years of civil servant experience, said bluntly that when civil servants are relieved, they actually do not like politicians or public opinion representatives to be present. Because the scene is in chaos, they have to be divided into one person to be responsible for reception. "What are the candidates here? Can they be moved or dug?"
Taiwan's "This Weekly" said on the 18th that Taiwan's frequent natural disasters are still testing the ruling people's ability to deal with emergency responses. This year, the election is cold and the people hate politics. In a social atmosphere where "knowing to do things" will be loved, the great knowledge of the typhoon and heavy rain "raining the scene" has become a key art for candidates to win the tears of the people. United News Network said that whenever the election battle approaches, the "disaster detection politics" of politicians will always be magnified and examined by the outside world; the rapid changes in natural disasters also test the ruling people's ability to respond urgently. The voters have their own opinions on who is "using the name of disaster detection and conducting the reality of elections".
