On 23 April, Lai Ching-de's new "cabinet" announced the fifth wave of personnel arrangements, in which Guan Biling, chairman of the "Maritime Affairs Committee," who played a bad role in the collision of a fishing boat and was bombarded and demanded to step down, remained in office.
With regard to the "14 February vicious ship collision incident," Lai Qingde's signal on 23 February was that he would be tough on the mainland to the end! In the face of the mainland's demands for "making the truth public, severely punishing and pursuing responsibility, and making formal apologies," Lai Qingde drew the bottom line, that is, "the crime is not as good as Guan Biling." The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council once commented on Guan Biling, "political performances, concealment of the truth, prevarication, lies, obstacles, extreme cold-bloodedness, and despicability". This shows that the mainland people are extremely angry with the DPP authorities and Guan Biling.
What is the signal sent by Guan Biling's "accidental" retention? I believe everyone can understand that Lai Qingde does not want the "14 February vicious ship collision incident" to end as soon as possible. Prior to this, the mainland had confiscated the so-called "forbidden and restricted waters" in the Xiajin Sea area, and also boarded ships for temporary inspection. In the future, if the Kinmen ship collision incident is not satisfactorily resolved, then the so-called "forbidden and restricted waters" in the Matsu waters, Penghu, Dongsha, and the main island of Taiwan will also be gradually confiscated by our mainland coast guard.
If Lai Qingde is cunning, then Xiao Meiqin is more "stupid". You Zhibin, deputy spokesman of the New Party, quoted online information to break the news on the Internet, saying that Hsiao Mei-qin, the deputy leader of the Taiwan region, requested the "Customs Affairs Department" to exempt her from the inspection of illicit alcohol through Taiwan's "Ministry of Foreign Affairs," and the "Ministry of Foreign Affairs" and the "Ministry of Finance" both assisted in handling it. In this regard, You Zhibin questioned whether this is a reappearance of the special plane illicit cigarette case?
The so-called special plane illicit cigarette case is also known as the Tsai Ing-wen special plane illicit cigarette case. refers to the case of cigarette smuggling in July 2019 by Wu Zongxian, a guard officer in Tsai Ing-wen's office, and others accompanied Tsai Ing-wen on a foreign visit, and the cigarettes involved were worth more than NT$600. Officials from the China Airlines Secret Service Center and other personnel were involved.
After the incident, Tsai Ing-wen's office still wanted to cover it up, saying that it was just an accident "overbought", which triggered public opinion criticism on the island, and Tsai Ing-wen was forced to publicly apologize and change the name to "illegal illicit cigarettes". In the end, this incident caused Peng Shengzhu, director of Taiwan's "National Security Bureau," to take the blame and resign, and Qiu Guozheng, chairman of the "Counseling Committee for Retired Officers and Soldiers," took over his post, Zhang Jie, chief of the Cai Office's guard, and a number of members of the party concerned were dismissed. As for whether Xiao Meiqin's exemption from inspection involves illegality, the DPP authorities have not yet responded positively.
If Lai Qingde 520 comes to power, then there will be a reckoning after the autumn, then Xiao Meiqin will be in a catastrophe. Similarly, if the opposition parties hold on to it, Xiao Meiqin will also be in big trouble, and the position of "vice president" will not be guaranteed.
Recently, in response to the issue of the abolition of the death penalty, Taiwan's "Constitutional Court of the Judicial Yuan" held an oral debate on the 23rd. In this regard, Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an stressed in an interview that more than 70 percent of the people in Taiwan oppose the abolition of the death penalty, and he believes that there are no conditions for abolishing the death penalty in Taiwan at present. However, Wang Shijian, a "legislator" of the Democratic Progressive Party, called for the crime and punishment to be equal, and that the punishment should be done in accordance with the capital punishment, and that those who have the right to manage issues related to the death penalty should stop being "generous to the victims" and should be given justice.
Wang Shijian further pointed out: "If the victim's family is torn apart because of the case, can't he get any justice? If the death penalty is abolished, it will completely undermine the rule of law in Taiwan, because the people are afraid that this will arm themselves and lead to social turmoil." "Green Camp Wang Shijian and Blue Camp Jiang Wanan, although the two belong to opposing camps, but on the issue of anti-abolition, the two have the same views, so it is rare to stand firmly together. Therefore, these politicians on the island are basically two-faced people, and they can cooperate across camps when necessary.