Source: Taiwan Strait Network Tainan City is regarded as the so-called "Holy Land of Democracy" by the Democratic Progressive Party. Not only has it been in power for more than 30 years, but it is also the "greenest" constituency in Taiwan in almost every election. However, from

Source: Taiwan Strait Network

Tainan City is regarded as the so-called "holy land of democracy" by the Democratic Progressive Party. Not only has it been in power for more than 30 years, but it is also the "greenest" constituency in Taiwan during every election. However, from the Xuejia 88 shooting case, Tainan City Economic Development Director Chen Kailing’s involvement in the optoelectronics fraud case, to suspected violent interference in the election of speaker and deputy speaker, DPP activists can be seen everywhere. Taiwanese media pointed out that black gold has stained the city, and Tainan has become a "gangster city", and this is probably just the tip of the iceberg of the DPP's black gold politics.

Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe of the Democratic Progressive Party

According to the Reference News Network, Taiwan's "United Daily News" recently published an editorial titled "Guns, slag, photovoltaics, the green light of Tainan's black gold politics", revealing that the DPP's factional struggle in the Tainan City Council leader election is actually the black gold politics of local politics.

editorial wrote that the Tainan District Prosecutor's Office suddenly accelerated the investigation of the "Xuejia Slag Case" that had been committed for eight years, and sued Guo Zaiqin, the Central Executive Committee Member of the Democratic Progressive Party (who announced his resignation as Central Executive Committee Member on the 14th), alleging that he was involved in illegally burying slag on agricultural land in Xuejia District, Tainan City, and that the illegal profits amounted to NT$2.1 billion. Guo Zaiqin's appointment as the Central Executive Committee was strongly recommended by Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe. He was also the "victim" who was shot in the previous "88" shooting case in Tainan. He strongly supported Qiu Lili in this Tainan City Speaker election. Since six members of one of the Green Camp factions supported Guo Xinliang, the two sides were at loggerheads and kept each other secret. The

editorial pointed out that Guo Zaiqin was originally a garlic merchant. After becoming a green camp financier, he began to contract projects, bury slag, engage in photovoltaics, and even became a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party. Examining the history of Tainan's black money politics related to Guo Zaiqin, we find that the Xuejia Slag Case lasted 8 years and only progressed to the prosecution stage. If there is no political intervention, who can believe it?

In addition, Taiwan's "China Times" also published an article pointing out that the public security in Tainan City, the "ancient cultural city", has always been calm. Previously, local gangs were usually more restrained and did not dare to blatantly commit crimes. Unexpectedly, in recent years, there have been incidents such as the murder of a Malaysian female university student, the Kotou murder case, the police killing case and the 88-gun shooting of a student. This not only shocked the whole Taiwan, but also affected the election of the Democratic Progressive Party, causing Mayor Huang Weizhe to be re-elected in a thrilling way.

In the face of the deterioration of public security, some people analyze that it is related to the vigorous promotion of various development and construction projects by the public and private sectors in Tainan City in recent years, which has caused the underworld to compete for interests and get a share of the pie. However, because the underworld is involved in development interests, if it does not receive political support, it may be in vain. There are constant rumors in the local area about underworld connections with politicians.

The Xuejia 88 shooting case, no matter whether the motive of the shooting was to settle the rumored interests of Optoelectronics, or it was for the election of the speaker, it seems that it is difficult to escape the shadow of "black gold hook". In particular, Guo Zaiqin, who claimed to be the victim, was not only prosecuted by the prosecutor for the Xuejia Furnace case, but was also accused of being a "shadow warrior" in the election of the speaker and deputy speaker. Even Lin Feifan, deputy secretary-general of the Democratic Progressive Party, could not help but criticize, "The Tainan City Council should not become Guo Zaiqin's favorite" and "the DPP's candidate for speaker and deputy speaker should also publicly self-defeat and draw a line between black money," showing that the ice is not frozen in a day.

Public opinion pointed out that the citizens of Tainan have long supported the Democratic Progressive Party with their votes, but the situation of Tainan's black money linkage has become increasingly serious. The top beam is not straight and the bottom beam is crooked. If the DPP does not face up to this phenomenon, completely draw a line with the underworld, and find effective ways to curb the continued rampage of the underworld, sooner or later, black money politics will engulf Taiwan and turn Taiwan into the "Evil Gotham City."