Taiwan The extension of military service will finally be finalized on the 27th today. Now that the announcement has been completed before the end of the year, the implementation date will be January 1, 2024. That is to say, starting from January 1, 2024, the service period for male conscripts over the age of 18 will be extended from to 1 year.
Under the operation of the United States and Taiwan, young people in Taiwan were finally forced onto a tank that was going to an unknown destination.
Tsai Ing-wen held a high-level security meeting today to discuss the "Strengthening the Structural Adjustment Plan for National Defense Forces" and invited the ruling party's legislative caucus and legislators to communicate and discuss. Relevant ministries were still finalizing relevant details until the night of the 26th.
There have been many discussions on the extension of military service since the election. Tsai Ing-wen will have a luncheon at a Taipei hotel at noon and have a lunch with the ruling party legislators to discuss it. It is expected that the salary of military servicemen, detailed planning, etc. will be announced at the afternoon press conference. Two years later, it is rare for Tsai Ing-wen to accept questions from the media again, and the incident is no small matter.
The process of her announcement of major policies this time is all based on the model announced in August 2020 that the import of US pigs and cattle containing ractopamine will be opened in the coming year.
At that time, the press conference accepted questions from the media, and specially invited Lai Qingde, Su Zhenchang, Ke Jianming and others to stand behind it, symbolizing that the ruling team had reached a consensus, and this time it would be handled accordingly.
In addition to accepting exclusive interviews with specific media, the last time Tsai Ing-wen accepted questions from the media was at the end of 2020. At that time, Zhongtian News Channel was suspended after its license was revoked by the Communications and Communications Commission, and Tsai Ing-wen accepted a joint interview with the media. Subsequently, due to the epidemic, Tsai’s press conferences and Tsai’s own public activities were reduced, and she did not accept questions from the media again. It has been 745 days since .
In the past two years, Tsai Ing-wen has mostly waved and greeted the media when she attended events. However, in the past, when major events occurred, her staff would arrange for her to accept questions on the spot. The extension of compulsory service to be announced today is related to the defense field and is within the scope of Tsai's authority and responsibilities. Therefore, Tsai is arranged to adopt the "American Cow Model" and "clear doubts in two stages." Especially after today's high-level security meeting, a banquet was held for all party legislators. It is expected that the head of the defense department, Qiu Guozheng, will also attend. This means that after the security team personally faced the legislators to ask questions, they reorganized their opinions and faced reporters again.
Since the "Military Service Extension Case" is closely related to the 2024 election, regional legislators are very concerned about whether the case may affect the election after it is announced. They need to understand the exact plan and supporting content before they can explain it to voters. Therefore, Tsai Ing-wen invited all DPP legislators this time. The press conference is also open to 2 reporters and 1 photographer from each media. The control is much looser than usual, and the media is prepared to ask all the questions.
Judging from the fact that Tsai Ing-wen broke her silence and was finally willing to accept questions from reporters, the ruling team has felt the negative perception caused by Tsai Ing-wen's interview and is trying to reverse its image after the DPP's disastrous defeat in the "nine-in-one election".
Guo Zhengliang believes that the reason why Tsai Ing-wen held a major press conference on the issue of extending military service is because Tsai Ing-wen knew that the United States was watching. This is an "issue that the United States wants." The subsequent term requires the support of the United States, and the DPP will also need the support of the United States if it wants to continue to be in power in the future.
The discussion process of the military service extension case is complicated. The government and security teams are not only thinking about whether the people can accept it, but also whether the Kuomintang will object and boycott it. Therefore, the supporting content has been changing. The outside world is debating whether the " stabbing skill " should be retained in the future. In fact, this is not the point. The focus of the defense department is how to increase expertise after the extension of compulsory service and achieve the "standing reserve" of military personnel. Therefore, in the future, regardless of voluntary service or compulsory service, the salary will definitely increase.
This force structure reform goes beyond "extending the service period" and has three major reform priorities: The first is to divide the force structure into four major areas: main battle force, garrison force, civil defense system, and reserve system to clarify defense tasks.
The second is to introduce the latest modular training models such as those of the US military. People familiar with the matter pointed out that the training of newly formed conscripts should be strengthened by taking into account modern defense needs and referring to advanced international training models with actual combat experience, such as those of the US military.For example, newly formed compulsory soldiers must be familiar with the operation of various weapons in the squad, including the use of individual anti-armor, air defense or UAV , and at the same time have the ability to cooperate with civil defense tasks; for example, real-life pressure training on simulated battlefields will be added, and practical training such as tactical marches and joint exercises will be added. Training indicators that are of concern to the outside world, such as the number of live ammunition fired, will be greatly increased to strengthen the training content, with the goal of not less than 800 rounds during the full service period.
The third step is to significantly increase the salary of compulsory service. For a long time, the monthly salary of compulsory soldiers has been maintained at about NT$6,500 (1,474 yuan). This reform is to take into account the economic life of compulsory personnel. Therefore, based on the salary of the volunteer service, the monthly salary will be greatly increased, and professional bonuses will be given based on the nature of the service. Taking a private as an example, the actual salary is expected to exceed 20,000 yuan (4,536 yuan).
Tsai Ing-wen holding a major press conference is a "formal statement", and Ke Jianming, the leader of the Democratic Progressive Party of the Legislative Yuan, used a "strange trick" this time. The past six military service period adjustments were directly announced by the defense department, and the legislative body accepted it without turning it into a "review case" and without a vote by the legislators. But this time Ke Jianming took the initiative to request a review. Because the Democratic Progressive Party behind Ke is the ruling party, and it is different from the usual practice of opposition parties that request changes to "review cases", Ke Jianming's move is obviously to drag the Kuomintang into trouble and use this to promote the extension of military service as a "consensus between the government and the opposition."
In the plan, in the future Taiwan's military will be composed of volunteers as the "main combat force", responsible for sea, air and other security tasks; compulsory service members will be mainly responsible for the "garrison force", responsible for land defense, protection of important military and civilian facilities, and collaborative civil defense. This is considered to be in line with the latest defense thinking.
jumped from 6,500 yuan to 20,000 yuan, and was extended from 4 months to 1 year. Under the control of the United States, are Taiwanese young people really ready to fight for the Americans?
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