Today, let's talk about what Han Kuo-yu's election as head of Taiwan's legislature means?
Recently, the election of the chairman and deputy head of the Taiwan regional legislature, which has attracted much attention, has been held, and everyone has already seen the final result, and Han Kuo-yu and Jiang Qichen of the Kuomintang have been elected as the chief and deputy heads of the Taiwan regional legislature. It's not easy. After a lapse of eight years, the Kuomintang once again regained the position of head of the legislature, and also put an end to the DPP's eight-year comprehensive rule in the so-called Taiwan region. As you know, over the past eight years, the DPP has been both the leader of this so-called region and the head of the legislature. Then you see, then there is legislation and enforcement, and the power is quite large. Now the power of checks and balances has finally returned.
Everyone knows that not long ago, in the "leader" election in the Taiwan region, Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was elected with a high vote, but now it is seen that he will encounter more checks and balances in the so-called ruling process in the next four years. Let's start by talking about the intensity of the election of the legislature in the Taiwan region, which is really not easy. On the day of the election, all the so-called legislators reported for duty and were sworn in. Then it is up to these legislators to elect the head of the legislature. This time, everyone knows that the three camps have their own candidates, Han Kuo-yu from the Kuomintang, You Xikun from the Democratic Progressive Party, and Huang Shanshan from the People's Party. According to Article 4 of the Electoral Rules for the Legislature of Taiwan, the chairman and deputy responsible person must obtain a majority of the votes cast by those present in order to be elected.
As you know, this time the three parties are particularly disciplined, that is, the so-called committee members of their own party must show their votes when voting, and they must depend on who you vote for, and they cannot vote across party affiliations. You say that I am the DPP and I vote for the KMT, but this is not good, and I am also the KMT but I vote for the DPP, but it is not good.
In the first round, all 133 legislators voted, the Kuomintang had no problem, Han Kuo-yu got 54 votes in his own party, the DPP had no problem, You Xikun got 51 votes, but Huang Shanshan only had 7 votes, and there was an invalid vote. But there is a problem, these three people do not have a majority, everyone can see at this time, in fact, why do we say that it reflects the will of the people, you see that the Taiwan People's Party has 7 votes, of course, if they are all valid, it is actually 8 votes, which is very important. Now you see that the KMT is now 54 votes and the DPP is 51 votes, so there is an interesting phenomenon now, that is, the so-called People's Party either votes for all 8 votes or none of them, which is completely different.
If you think about this, as an independent political party, you go to support another party across party lines, which can be very difficult and stressful. Sure enough, in the second round of afternoon voting, the People's Party's eight-seat legislator did not enter the voting at all, so I did not vote. If you don't vote for this, the Kuomintang will definitely win. In the end, there was no accident in the second round, Han Kuo-yu received 54 votes, and You Xikun of the Democratic Progressive Party still had 51 votes. However, Han Kuo-yu was elected head of Taiwan's legislature.
It stands to reason that there is no problem with your election, it is all open, fair and just. However, after the election results came out, You Xikun immediately announced his resignation and resigned from the post of this so-called legislator. Then the election of Han Kuo-yu, we can see that it really shows the power of democracy in the Taiwan region and the so-called popular will. Not only the ruling party, but also the opposition parties are facing many challenges. At present, the opposition party has enough weight to bring down any bill of the ruling party, so as long as the KMT cooperates with this People's Party, because the power of the legislature in the Taiwan region is here, then the DPP will be in power, but it will not be able to pass any major bill.
Because according to the constitution of the legislature of the Taiwan region, Han Kuo-yu has a lot of power after taking office, and he has played a very crucial role in maintaining order in this legislature and handling deliberations. In extreme cases, for example, if the yes and no votes are the same, then the crucial vote will be cast by the head of the so-called legislature. If there is a controversial bill, as far as everyone can see, it will not be discussed today, so what should we do? If the so-called ruling party and the opposition party cannot reach a consultation, it will also be decided by the responsible person of the legislature. We must continue to vote today, or wait and then negotiate. So he still has this power.
In addition, if you look back on history, you can see that Han Kuo-yu was really constantly causing trouble by the DPP, starting from the so-called "kicking" Han Kuo-yu's Beinong vegetable stall, everyone knows that the DPP has always humiliated and attacked Han Kuo-yu in history, and even his family did not let go. But this time, Han Kuo-yu was elected as the head of the so-called legislative body, and you can imagine that in the future, it will have such an impact on the entire Taiwan region, including this administration and all aspects. You see, especially this year, everyone knows that Lai Ching-te did indeed win the election for the leader of the Taiwan region on behalf of the Democratic Progressive Party.
But he is about to complete this so-called oath and inauguration in the first half of this year, and it is useless. Really, he got more than 40% of the votes, and now the head of the legislature belongs to Han Kuo-yu of the Kuomintang, so the future Lai Qingde is fundamentally from a legal point of view, he does not represent the opinions of the majority of the people in the Taiwan region. He didn't get a majority of the vote, and then the Kuomintang itself won the legislature election, 54 votes to 51.
And now Han Kuo-yu is re-elected head of the legislature. Therefore, in the next four years, the opposition parties, including the legislature, including the public opinion in Taiwan, will be able to check and balance any such extreme practices of Lai Ching-de. Didn't he say that he was going to be a pragmatic worker, and that in the next four years, it would be impossible for him to achieve that so-called goal. The power of the broad masses of people in the Taiwan region, the power of Taiwan's legislature, including Han Kuo-yu himself, will form a very strong counterweight to him.
Therefore, you can imagine that in the next four years, the DPP and Lai Qingde will have neither a public opinion base nor the support of the so-called legislature in their so-called ruling process, let alone a moral support point, so the next four years will be really sad.