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The Democratic Progressive Party suffered a huge defeat in the "nine-in-one election". It kept saying that it would review and listen to public opinion. Tsai Ing-wen resigned as party chairman when she lost the election to show responsibility. The new party chairman was also elected by Zhuo Rong from all factions. Party election with high votes, "OK" Executive Chancellor Lai Ching-te was about to resign when he lost the election, but due to the fact that he did not resign until the 2019 general budget was reviewed on January 11, the newly appointed Executive President turned out to be the same person as Tsai Ing-wen. Su Zhenchang, who has had grievances and hatreds for ten years.
Su Zhenchang had just defeated Hou Youyi in the mayoralty of New Taipei City, but in less than two months he was immediately promoted to the position of "President of the Executive Yuan". Su Zhenchang's deputy, "Vice President of the Executive Yuan", was also the mayor of Kaohsiung Chen Qimai, who lost to Han Guoyu, and the "Minister of Transportation", front-stage Mayor Lin Jialong, who failed to seek re-election, these three losers lost a total of 650,000 votes, and finally "drift north" together a month and a half later. "Go to Taipei and become a high official. The "Executive Yuan" is also the superior unit of the "municipalities". It can be said that Su Zhenchang and Chen Chimai, who lost the election, have become the "leaders" of their winning opponents, and have single-handedly controlled the allocation of the six "municipalities" in Taiwan. Therefore, Representatives of the Kuomintang public opinion jokingly said, Since the three losers of the "Municipality" election all came to Taipei to become high-ranking officials, why not also recruit Yao Wenzhi, the loser of the Taipei mayoral candidate, to join Su Zhenchang's team and return to serve as the "information director and spokesperson" that he is familiar with? Together they form the "Alliance of the Losers".
It is well known that Su Tseng-chang and Tsai Ing-wen have been at odds many times since 2008, and it is not a rumor. Why did Tsai Ing-wen have to appoint Su Tseng-chang as the head of the administrative agency and its CEO this time? There are two main reasons for this:
Firstly, the current political situation of the Kuomintang's "local encirclement of the central government" is very obvious. Tsai Ing-wen has more than a year left in her term. There is a rising voice for the rotation of political parties in Taiwan. Even though the Democratic Progressive Party still holds the majority in the "Legislative Yuan" , but the public opinion representatives of his party have too much to worry about. After all calculations by Tsai Ing-wen, only Su Zhenchang is the best relief pitcher today. Only Su Zhenchang can stabilize the entire decline.
Secondly, there are factional factors within the party, especially the "new trend factor" which is the most critical. There are endless voices of "forcing the palace" within the party. In order to maintain the DPP's continued "governing" and the small loss of public opinion representation in 2020, the DPP has so far float on the table The only person with seniority and seniority who can control the various factions within the party is Su Tseng-chang. Therefore, Tsai Ing-wen asked Su Tseng-chang to take over as the head of the administrative agency. On the one hand, it was a way to save herself from being re-elected and not be forced into the palace by the factions. In the past ten years, Let's put aside all the grudges and hatreds for the time being to protect ourselves.
Next, let us spread out the entire list and see how many people resigned from the "cabinet general resignation" promised, and how many people stayed and returned.
The list of Su Zhenchang's "new cabinet" is as follows:
"President of the Executive Yuan:" Su Zhenchang
"Deputy President of the Executive Yuan": Chen Qimai
"Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan": Li Mengyan
"Deputy Secretary-General of the Executive Yuan": He Peishan (remained)
"Spokesperson": Kolas Yotaka (retained)
"Political Affairs Councilor": Gong Mingxin
"Political Affairs Councilor": Lin Wanyi (retained)
"Chairman of the Engineering Committee": Wu Zecheng (part-time political commissar) (retained)
"Political Affairs Councilor": Zhang Jingsen (retained)
"Commissioner": Tang Feng (retained)
"Governmental Affairs Councilor": Deng Zhenzhong (retained)
"Governmental Affairs Councilor": Lin Wanyi (retained)
"Governmental Affairs Councilor": Wu Zhengzhong (retained)
"Governmental Affairs Councilor": Luo Bingcheng (retained)
" "Minister of Transport": Lin Jialong
"Political Undersecretary of the Ministry of Transport": Huang Yulin
"Minister of the Interior": Xu Guoyong (retained)
"Minister of Economy": Shen Rongjin (retained)
"Minister of Finance": Su Jianrong (retained)
"Chairman of the National Development Council": Chen Meiling (concurrently serving as political commissar) (retained)
" Chairman of the Financial Supervisory Commission": Gu Lixiong (remained)
"Minister of Legal Affairs": Cai Qingxiang (remained)
"Minister of Health and Welfare": Chen Shizhong (remained)
"Chairman of the Committee of Agriculture": Chen Jizhong
"Governmental Affairs of the Committee of Agriculture" Deputy Chairman: Chen Tianshou
"Director of the Environmental Protection Agency": Zhang Zijing
"Chairman of the Guest Committee": Li Yongde (retained)
"Comptroller": Zhu Zemin (retained)
"Chief Personnel": Shi Nengjie (retained)
"Original Energy Council" "Chairman": Xie Xiaoxing (retained)
"Chairman of the Aboriginal People's Association": Yi Jiangbaluer (remained)
"Minister of Labor": Xu Mingchun (retained)
"Political Secretary of the Ministry of Labor": Liu Shihao
" Minister of Education": Pan Wenzhong
"Minister of Culture": Zheng Lijun (retained)
"Minister of Science and Technology": Chen Liangji (remained)
"Director of the Forbidden City": to be elected
"Chairman of the Ocean Council": to be elected
"Minister of Defense": Yan Defa (retained)
"Minister of Foreign Affairs": Wu Zhaoxie (remained)
"Chairman of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council": Wu Xingxing ( Remain in office)
"Chairman of the Auxiliary Retirement Committee": Qiu Guozheng (remain in office)
"Mainland Affairs Committee Chairman of the meeting: Chen Mingtong (remaining in office)
(Note: bold black fonts indicate new appointees)
This list is actually not surprising at all, because more than 70% to 80% are retained from the Lai Qingde era. , it is really all about double-cooking and adding "Cai" pot. If you want to cook a good dish to convince the people of Taiwan, if you continue to stir-fry this dish with double-boiled oil, it will only lose public support in the end.
Because there are too many controversial figures on this list, and their professionalism is very poor. Lin Jialong, a PhD in political science from Yale University, was defeated and went to manage transportation. At the same time, there are still many "British" people, and the "Minister of Culture" He said he would not stay in office, but suddenly wanted to stay in office; "Ke "Minister of Science and Technology" suddenly said that he wanted to be replaced and was retained in his post; "Vice Chairman of the Agriculture Committee" Chen Jizhong, who was scolded by farmers and fishermen before the election, was promoted and reorganized. Carefully observing the list, all those who were promoted and returned to the position were close to Tsai. English, classified as the "English faction", when they entered Su Zhenchang's team, as Su Zhenchang Will the subordinates listen to Tsai Ing-wen or Su Zhenchang? Or will they ultimately fulfill the will of their real master Tsai Ing-wen?
It is worth mentioning that the "Minister of Education" was actually replaced by Pan Wenzhong. This was during Lai Qingde's period? Just because of the "stuck management case" of the president of National Taiwan University and his philosophy Pan Wenzhong, who was unwilling to step down, actually returned to the position of "Minister of Education" in a short period of time. The only explanation is that Pan Wenzhong was Su Zhenchang's own soldier. Su Zhenchang was the "Director of Education" when he was the county magistrate of Taipei, so he was asked to return to the post. The "Minister of Education" seems to just want to give Pan Wenzhong justice.
Of course, what everyone is most concerned about is what impact this "cabinet" list will have on cross-strait relations? In short, there are still many people on the "cabinet" list who want to promote "Taiwan independence". The "pragmatic Taiwan independence worker" Lai Qingde and the "Executive President" were replaced by Su Tseng-chang. In fact, it was not much better. Su Tseng-chang repeatedly stated that "Taiwan is a sovereign and independent country" and renamed the "Ministry of Mainland Affairs" to the "Ministry of China Affairs" during his term as chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party. Therefore, he also appeared in the "Taiwan Independence" poker ten-point program on "Straits Satellite TV". Three people are on the list.
Deputy Chen Qimai has repeatedly advocated "Taiwan independence" in public, and said that as a "member of one country on each side, I am Taiwan independent". During the Kaohsiung mayoral election, he also criticized Han Kuo-yu for supporting the " 1992 Consensus ". In addition, the more famous people who have a clear "Taiwan independence" flavor recently include "Minister of Culture" Zheng Lijun and "Spokesperson" Gulas Yudaka. At the Golden Horse Awards at the end of last year, they supported the "Taiwan independence speech". At that time, "Minister of Culture" Zheng Lijun He also stated on his Facebook page that "Taiwan is the most free, democratic, diverse and enthusiastic country in Asia and Europe. Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards are for all Filmmakers create an international award that respects film art and creative freedom, but please remember; this is Taiwan, not 'Taiwan, China'. Congratulations to director Fu Yu for winning the Best Documentary Award at this year's Golden Horse Awards. !"; Taiwan's administrative department spokesman Gulas Yudaka wrote "Ca'ayka in the minority language ku nu ciyuko ku taiywan", which means "there are no Chinese movies in Taiwan, Taiwan is not China." From these remarks, it can be found that from Tsai Ing-wen to all the DPP officials, everyone’s remarks are all standard “Taiwan independence remarks.” In addition, there are so many people with distinctive “Taiwan independence” colors that they are overwhelmed by ethnic diversity. load.
The team of the new "Executive President" Su Zhenchang has already arrived, and they are all returnees and "British faction" members. More importantly, they still reject the "1992 Consensus" and have a strong "Taiwan independence" flavor in cross-strait relations. character, a so-called " The "Su Team" is undoubtedly just a transitional "cabinet" to implement Tsai Ing-wen's will and consolidate the core of her power. Everything is just to continue to pave the way for re-election in the 2020 election, rather than sincerely serving the people. What is more serious is the cross-strait relations. We are still on a backward path.
In the end, all we can say is that the "nine-in-one election" has already suffered a huge defeat. This time, the "Loser Alliance" is organized again, perhaps to prepare for another defeat in the 2020 election.
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