Source: Taiwan Straits Network
Lin Zimiao
Zhang Lishan
Lu Xiuyan
Taiwan's 20 January 20 (Straits Herald reporter Lin Lianjin) Taiwan's 2022 election war has already ignited, and the ruling Democratic Progressive Party has even made an early move and begun to launch a "throat-cutting war" against the KMT county mayors who are seeking re-election. A few days ago, the "Independent Commission Against Corruption" of the Taiwan authorities suddenly interviewed Lin Zimiao, governor of Yilan County; the "Green Committee" shouted "remove the Yunlin Zhang family." Taiwan's "Supervision Commission" immediately responded and announced that it would investigate the Zhang family's "illegal occupation of land" on 24 January; in recent days, the DPP has continued to launch a negative news bombardment against Taichung Mayor Lu Xiuyan.
These moves of the DPP are easily reminiscent of the election mode they adopted against Yan Kuanheng and the Yan family in the Taichung "legislator" by-election, which the island calls a "personality destruction war." Now the DPP wants to copy this set of "formulas for the great hunt for victory" with the intention of breaking the mayor of Lanying County. The KMT has clearly sniffed out the crisis, bitterly criticized the DPP for having no bottom line for political interests, "cannons hitting birds," and has asked county mayors to unite against the DPP's "pursuit."
The "hunting and killing" drama constantly checked Yilan and checked Yunlin
On January 13, the "Independent Commission Against Corruption" of the Taiwan authorities suddenly made a big move to search the Yilan County Government and interviewed Yilan County Governor Lin Zimiao and relevant personnel, saying that he was involved in a land development fraud case. As a result, the investigation lasted all night, and Lin Zimiao "asked for return without security" and was listed as a defendant in corruption. That is to say, although Lin Zimiao is temporarily fine, the endless lawsuits will add variables to her road to re-election at any time and impact her election.
What deserves the vigilance of the Blue Camp is that not only was Lin Zimiao interviewed this time, but also a number of staff members of the Yilan County Government and Luodong Town were also involved, including Wu Qiuling, the mayor of Luodong Town. According to an analysis by the Hong Kong China Commentary Network, if the DPP takes the opportunity to attack Yilan County, it will be difficult for the KMT to become a climate in the area for 10 years.
Recently, Lin Zimiao, who was only involved in the storm of the fraud case, was exposed to have an abnormal flow of funds in the account. The DPP's successive days of pursuit and killing have seriously affected Lin Zimiao's credibility, and Lin Zimiao has denounced the DPP for fabricating charges and fighting a political squid war.
Following the "accident" in Yilan, Yunlin, who was in power of the Kuomintang, was also targeted.
After Su Zhifen, a "legislator" of the Democratic Progressive Party, recently shouted that he would "take down the Zhang family," Taiwan's "Control Yuan" quickly sent a letter to the Yunlin County Government and planned to send three "supervisory commissions" to the south to investigate the suspected "case of illegal reclamation and occupation of land" by Zhang Qimeng, the younger brother of Yunlin County Governor Zhang Lishan.
The KMT bitterly criticized the fact that "legislators" could point fingers at the "Control Yuan" and that independent organs had become tools for the DPP to investigate its political enemies. The KMT stressed that this time the ruling party actually dispatched 3 "supervisory committees" to inspect a hillside at a time, and the DPP, having no bottom line for political interests, used administrative resources to launch a "political pursuit and killing" against the Blue Camp.
Continue to slam the Yan family in Taichung with one stone and two birds and point their swords at Lu Xiuyan
In the 2022 county mayor election, the DPP has locked in the three counties and cities of Yilan, Yunlin and Taichung, and began to fight a negative election campaign.
In Taichung City, after winning the Taichung "legislator" by-election, the DPP continued to "hunt down and kill" Yan Kuanheng and the Yan family, while intending to "seriously injure" Taichung Mayor Lu Xiuyan. For example, the DPP said that the Taichung MRT Blue Line added "Zhengying Station", and near the land of the Yan Kuanheng family, it questioned the Taichung municipal government for setting up a station because of people.
After the clarification of Lu Xiuyan's team's big move, the DPP recently locked yan Qingbiao, who was the chairman of Dajia Zhenlan Palace, and questioned him for violating the provisions of the articles of association for many years and occupying the chairman. According to the analysis of the Hong Kong China Commentary Agency, the re-election of the directors and supervisors of Zhenlan Palace is expected to be in April and May this year, and the Green Camp released the news at this time, obviously trying to pull down Yan Qingbiao, Lu Xiuyan and being accused of shielding, and the Green Camp's move is obviously one stone and two birds, and the "nine-in-one" election at the end of the year is laid out in advance. According to reports, Lu Xiuyan was accused of covering Up Yan Qingbiao, and the Taichung Municipal Government has held two press conferences to clarify the situation, and it is clear that the influence of the relevant offensive should not be underestimated.
However, former "Green Committee" Guo Zhengliang recently pointed out that if the DPP pursues Anderson Yan Kuanheng in the by-election of "legislators" in Taichung, it may not be able to do so, because the media's page is limited, so how can it only report to Taichung? Unless something new is blown up. As the time draws closer to the election, news will gradually appear from all over the world, and the focus of this election campaign will be on Taipei City and Taoyuan City.
The Blue Camp has sniffed out the crisis and called for unity against the green "hunt"
In view of the next target of the DPP's "pursuit and killing," some analysts on the island believe that it will be Hou Youyi, the largest "prince" in the KMT and the mayor of New Taipei.
However, Taiwan media TVBS released the latest "Political Figures Prestige Survey" on the 17th, and Hou Youyi ranked first with 70% satisfaction. Some reports have pointed out that if the DPP wants to cut down on such a high-poll politician, it must invest a very large amount of energy, or it must have the certainty of being able to "kill with one knife", otherwise it is only afraid of triggering a backlash. Moreover, if the DPP really brings down Hou Youyi at the end of the year, I am afraid that another problem will arise, if Hou Youyi is not tied to the mayor of New Taipei, Hou Youyi is bound to invest in 2024. If the lesser of two evils is the lesser, has the DPP weighed it clearly?
No matter what the DPP does next, it will definitely continue to "hunt down" the mayor of Lanying County and lay out the election campaign. As for the DPP's move against Lanxian City, the KMT source said that strictly speaking, there is nothing new, but the "personality destruction war" that has gone through the process of the Green Camp's by-election against yan Kuanheng, a former "legislator," has allowed the Green Camp to find a set of "victory equations." It was pointed out that the Kuomintang Central Committee had instructed to fully assist the mayor of Lanying County, and at this time it was necessary to unite the strength of the county mayor and the judicial team to confront it with all their might, because the "princes" of the Blue Camp were in danger of being "hunted down and killed by politics." Inside the Blue Camp, it is said that the mayors of the 14 ruling counties must be on the same front, because the DPP wants to win all the winners, and there is no one in the Blue Camp who can govern outsiders, and if they are not united, they are afraid of being annihilated in one fell swoop.