The Democratic Progressive Party handed over the worst "report card" in history in the 2022 county and mayor elections in Taiwan, with only five counties and cities in power remaining. Moreover, the Democratic Progressive Party also experienced a major split in Taoyuan City. DPP veteran Zheng Baoqing parted ways with the DPP and announced that he would run for mayor as a non-party member. Although Tsai Ing-wen announced her resignation as party chairperson as soon as she suffered a disastrous defeat, her prestige remains. There is also Su Zhenchang cooperating with her in the administrative agency, and the two still control the power in Taiwan. In order to seize power from Tsai Ing-wen within the Democratic Progressive Party, Su Zhenchang must step down to support Lai Qingde in taking office. Recently, the DPP's Wang Shijian fired fiercely at Su Zhenchang. He even joined the Kuomintang's public opinion representative candidate Wang Hongwei in asking Su Zhenchang to step down and take responsibility. Internal strife in the Democratic Progressive Party is imminent. Wang Shijian, who has always been maverick, has a strong public base. The good days of Tsai Ing-wen and Su Zhenchang are really over.
Wang Shijian
Wang Shijian was born into a wealthy family and made a lot of money in the real estate industry in his early years. Wang Shijian always likes to call himself a family member of the victims of the "February 28 Incident" who were persecuted by the Kuomintang. He also said that three generations of his family are "Taiwan independence". But in fact, his family also relied on the Kuomintang to make a fortune. His grandfather Zhang Rongzong was the leader of the Kuomintang youth organization on the eve of the "February 28 Incident" and also served as the editor-in-chief of a newspaper run by the Kuomintang. When the "February 28 Incident" occurred, Zhang Rongzong was shot by the Kuomintang because he cooperated with the people of Taiwan to overthrow the rule of the Kuomintang. Wang Shijian's father, Wang Mingde, once joined the Communist Party. When Chiang Kai-shek launched the "White Terror", Wang Mingde was arrested and sold a large number of his comrades in exchange for glory and wealth. After the Democratic Progressive Party was established in 1986, Wang Shijian began to donate to the Democratic Progressive Party as a family member of the victims of the "February 28 Incident" and rented a building to the Democratic Progressive Party at a low price as its headquarters.
DPP Headquarters Building
Wang Shijian is a loyal believer of DPP Hsieh Changting and is also his big benefactor. Hsieh Chang-ting served as a Taipei City Councilor in the 1980s. His constituency was located near Wang Shijian's family and his factory. Hsieh Chang-ting can be said to be the first politician Wang Shijian knew. In addition to donating to Hsieh Chang-ting, Wang Shijian also donated to other young politicians in Hsieh Chang-ting's faction. Hsieh Chang-ting's eldest disciple is Zhuo Rongtai, who once served as chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party, and Wang Shijian is also regarded by the outside world as Hsieh Chang-ting's "adopted son", and has maintained good contacts and interactions with Hsieh Chang-ting for a long time. Hsieh Chang-ting is cunning and cunning. When he was the mayor of Kaohsiung and the head of the administrative agency, his disciples Guan Biling, Zhuo Rongtai and others were all promoted, except Wang Shijian. Although Hsieh Changting took money from Wang Shijian, he despised Wang Shijian from the bottom of his heart and believed that his image was too poor and did not meet his employment standards. Therefore, Wang Shijian has always served as a public opinion representative in the parliament and has never entered the administrative field.
Wang Shijian and Xie Changting are on the same stage
Xie Changting's "Xie people" have been at odds with Su Zhenchang's "Soviet people" for a long time. On the one hand, it is because of the distribution of interests, and on the other hand, because of the historical grievances between them. In 2007, the Democratic Progressive Party was deeply involved in Chen Shui-bian's corruption case and was unable to recover. The "Soviet people" and the "Xie people" fought fiercely in order to carve up the remaining political interests. At that time, Su Tseng-chang and Hsieh Chang-ting both intended to represent the Democratic Progressive Party in the 2008 Taiwan leadership election, and they refused to give in to each other. In April 2007, the 2007 general budget bill issued by the administrative agency failed to pass the legislative body. Hsieh's people, Ma Lin Guoqing, Xu Guoyong and others, began to bombard Su Zhenchang, who was then the head of the administrative agency. They bluntly said: "If the general budget fails to pass, Su Zhenchang must shoulder the greatest responsibility.Zheng Yunpeng and Lin Yunsheng, who supported Su Zhenchang, ridiculed Hsieh Chang-ting's people for jumping over the wall because of election anxiety. They also bluntly said that Hsieh Chang-ting was vicious and "stabbed in the back while talking about morality." Su Zhenchang also responded personally, saying: "It's so unkind to blame everything on me." "
Hsieh Chang-ting and Su Tseng-chang
In 2008, the Democratic Progressive Party finally decided to recommend Hsieh Chang-ting to run for the leadership of Taiwan, and Su Tseng-chang served as Hsieh Chang-ting's deputy. That year, the DPP also suffered an unprecedented rout. Hsieh Chang-ting lost to Ma Ying-jeou, with a gap of 2.2 million votes. Public opinion representatives in the legislative body The election results also hit rock bottom. Among the 113 public representatives in the legislative body, the DPP only won 35 seats, completely becoming an opposition party. After that, Hsieh Chang-ting gradually faded out of the political stage. It was not until 2016 that Tsai Ing-wen gave him an errand to go to Japan. The "Xie clique" camp had already essentially collapsed. Su Zhenchang, on the other hand, tried to make his presence felt everywhere and wanted to continue his political career by continuously participating in elections, but he still failed repeatedly. After Tsai Ing-wen came to power in 2016, the Democratic Progressive Party made a resurgence. Su Zhenchang was also appointed again as the head of the administrative agency in 2019, which made many people who originally belonged to Hsieh Chang-ting very unhappy. plus Su Zhenchang is a "cruel official" through and through, mean and narrow-minded, and there are many people in the DPP who have opinions about him.
Su Zhenchang was bombarded
This time, the Democratic Progressive Party suffered a huge defeat in the 2022 county and mayor elections. Naturally, some people want to settle old and new accounts together. Wang Shijian, as Hsieh Chang-ting's former adopted son, now wants to support Lai Qingde in the leadership, so it is most suitable for him to serve as the "heavy gunner". Wang Shijian’s political influence is very low, but his popularity among the people is very high. If he makes this matter public, public opinion will naturally be formed. The pressure turned into a huge wave and hit Su Zhenchang. Wang Shijian is a die-hard Taiwanese independence activist. There is no difference in stance between him and Su Zhenchang. This internal fight is completely a metabolization of the political ecology of the Democratic Progressive Party to achieve the redistribution of power. Tsai Ing-wen has resigned as chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party and has lost the power to give orders internally. Once Su Zhenchang can no longer hold on to the administrative agency, then Tsai Ing-wen will It is "both arms are broken" and is completely ignored. This round of splits in the Democratic Progressive Party involves a lot of entanglements of interests, emotions, and power, and it should not end in a short time. Su Zhenchang should step down around the Lunar New Year and completely go home to retire.
Wang Hongwei of the Kuomintang and Wang Shijian of the Democratic Progressive Party
In order to attack Su Zhenchang this time, Wang Shijian even stood together with Wang Hongwei, the public opinion representative candidate within the Kuomintang, to jointly attack Su Zhenchang and demand his resignation. Wang Shijian bluntly said, "The biggest obstacle to the DPP's reform is that you, Su Zhenchang, refuse to leave." The so-called "DPP reform" refers to the process of making the DPP more "independent" after Lai Qingde came to power. Tsai Ing-wen The "cultural Taiwan independence" strategy that has been used for a long time has long been unable to meet the requirements of the independence forces within the Democratic Progressive Party. They support Lai Qingde because his independence stance is more clear and fanatical than Tsai Ing-wen. During his visit to the mainland in 2014, Lai Qingde dared to advocate the "Taiwan independence" argument in public, which shows that his independence thinking has been deeply rooted in his bones. When he officially comes to the stage and takes power, the real test between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait is about to come.
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