Straits Guide (Reporter Xue Yang) Taiwan's deputy leader Lai Ching-te officially expressed his campaign for the chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party yesterday. Taoyuan Mayor Zheng Wencan not only spoke out to support him, but also said that he was the candidate for the Democratic Progressive Party's 2024 "general election". Zheng Wencan, who was once regarded as the " eldest prince " in the Party, has almost disappeared from the succession after experiencing the fall of Taoyuan and paper plagiarism. The DPP is about to usher in the "Lai Ching-te era".
was once the youngest mayor of the "Six Capitals"
Before these incidents, Zheng Wencan could be regarded as the only Mesozoic generation in the Green Camp that could compete with Lai Ching-te. When you look at Zheng’s resume, you will find that he is even more eye-catching than Lai.
Zheng Wencan is from Taoyuan Bade. When he was a teenager, he was admitted to Taipei Jianguo Middle School, the best middle school in Taiwan, across regions. Later, he was admitted to the Department of Electrical of National Taiwan University with excellent grades. The students in this department are all top academic masters. After graduation, they usually go to work in a technology factory like TSMC. But Zheng Wencanzhi, who is fanatical about social movements, was not here. He transferred to the Department of Social Sciences of National Taiwan University shortly after he was admitted to university. After graduating from
, Zheng Wencan joined the DPP to start his political career. In 1998, he joined the election of the third district and county council officers in Taoyuan County and was elected with the highest vote in the county. In January 2006, at the age of 39, he became the "Chief of News" and also the spokesperson for the "Executive Yuan". At the end of 2014, he was upset to be the mayor of Taoyuan and was the youngest mayor among the "Six Capitals" at that time.
omissions continue to become "destroyed prince"?
Zheng Wencan has several nicknames during his tenure as mayor of Taoyuan, such as "the king of earth-shaking", "the king of ribbon cutting", and "the boy of money-spreading". He is good at superficial skills and is very good at publicizing his own pride and responds to all requests from the grassroots. The style of "being 50 cents a piece" has incorporated many young masters. Every year, he is almost five-star and four-star in the political performance evaluation of county and city mayors on the island. At that time, his political future was quite favored by the outside world.
Compared with Lai Ching-te, Zheng Wencan has several major advantages in the issue of succession, including 8 years younger than Lai, better popularity within the party, and deeply trusted by Tsai Ing-wen. Although Lai Ching-te's polls are high, his "lone bird" character, which makes him lack allies on the island, especially his love affair with Tsai Ing-wen.
Zheng Wencan's market took a sharp turn for the worse. After the outbreak of the local epidemic, Taoyuan City, as the airport location, has many people entering and leaving the country, and it is difficult to prevent and control the epidemic. The " Novotel " epidemic prevention hotel caused the local epidemic to spread, which made Zheng Wencan tired and his reputation greatly reduced.
In the face of the DPP's "nine-in-one" election , morale is sluggish. If Zheng Wencan can help preserve Taoyuan City, it will be of great benefit to his political future, but man's calculations are not as good as God's calculations. The former mayoral candidate Lin Zhijian was caught in a paper plagiarism storm, which directly led to "one body's life". The DPP hastily replaced Zheng Yunpeng and finally lost Taoyuan City. A few days after the election ended, National Taiwan University announced that Zheng Wencan, a plagiarism case of National Development and Development Institute of National Taiwan University was established and his master's degree was revoked. This heavy blow was a catastrophe for Zheng Wencan. After the incident broke out, many netizens on the island mocked him as the "destroyed prince".
Speaking up for Lai Ching-te is a helpless move
Although Lai Ching-te did nothing in recent years, in Taiwan's political environment, nothing happened would be equivalent to extra points. Although the position of deputy leader made him a "resentful husband in the deep palace", he also protected him. The DPP's governance has been constantly flawed, but none of them hurt Lai Ching-te.
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After the DPP's "nine-in-one" election was defeated, the morale within the party was sluggish, and Lai Ching-te became the "savior". When he expressed his intention to participate in the DPP chairman's by-election, all factions in the green camp immediately spoke out "support", and even the "Xiaoying Boy" Zheng Wencan came forward to support him.
Zheng Wencan did this and was helpless. With his current situation, he was unable to compete with Lai Ching-te. As Zheng Baoqing, the founding leader, said, Zheng Wencan's paper was considered to be plagiarized. This is a matter of integrity. Can society accept him? If Zheng Wencan takes over the party chairman, it is equivalent to declaring the Democratic Progressive Party’s direct end in 2024.
If nothing unexpected happens, the DPP will enter the "Lai Ching-te era". Where will Lai Ching-te, who once called himself a "pragmatic Taiwan independence worker", lead the DPP will be the focus of attention in the future.
