It has been 70 days since the "2.14 Kinmen malicious collision incident", but the DPP authorities still do not seem to plan to deal with it properly. According to the fifth personnel arrangement announced by the Lai Qingde authorities on April 23, it can be seen that Guan Biling, who had been severely criticized by the mainland side in 28 words, is still retained as the "chairman of the Taiwan Strait Commission."
Obviously, it was the malicious act of Taiwan's "Coast Guard" that caused the deaths of the two people, but Guan Biling directly shifted the responsibility to the mainland fishermen, and this practice was obviously to treat the bloody case of human life as a political incident. Guan Biling, who has an extremely bad attitude, is obviously challenging the limit of patience of compatriots on both sides of the strait.
Therefore, it can be seen from this move that the DPP authorities do not intend to "publish the truth, severely punish and hold accountable, and apologize" as proposed by the mainland side, but want to "be tough to the end"!
But do they have the strength to "fight to the end"? Obviously, they don't; on the contrary, the initiative is almost entirely in the hands of the mainland. Previously, we have erased the so-called "prohibited and restricted waters" in the Xiamen-Jinmen waters, and the Fujian Coast Guard will also strengthen the normalization of law enforcement inspections in the Xiamen-Jinmen waters.
If the Lai Qingde authorities really fail to properly handle the "ship collision incident" in accordance with the mainland's requirements, it will not only be the Xiajin waters, but also the so-called "restricted waters" such as Matsu and Penghu will be erased at that time.
And Lai Qingde's matter is not over, Xiao Meiqin is in trouble again. According to the New Party's deputy spokesperson Yau Zhibin, citing online information, he broke the news on Facebook, when Xiao Meiqin returned from the United States in March, she asked the "Customs Affairs Department" to exempt herself from the inspection of bootlegging, and seemed to want to use the "Ministry of Foreign Affairs" to exert pressure in order to exercise her privilege.
According to the leaked official documents, Xiao Meiqin asked the "Customs Affairs Bureau" to exempt her from inspection and release her personal belongings in accordance with the provisions of the "Measures for the Return of Items for Personal Use by Government Personnel Dispatched Abroad at the End of Their Term".
As soon as this matter was exposed, it instantly caused heated discussions on the Internet, and everyone ridiculed that Xiao Meiqin wanted to play official power before she took office, did she want to repeat Tsai Ing-wen's "illicit cigarette case"?
The so-called "illicit cigarette case" is that in 2019, Wu Zongxian, a guard officer in Tsai Ing-wen's office, smuggled cigarettes worth NT$6 million through Tsai Ing-wen's special plane during his visit, and finally ended the farce with Tsai Ing-wen's public apology and the resignation of "National Security Director" Peng Shengzhu. And now Xiao Meiqin doesn't seem to want to apologize, nor does she want to admit it, and has not responded at present.
But according to the analysis of Taiwan media, even if Xiao Meiqin does not respond, it will be a catastrophe, and after Lai Qingde takes office, in order to set an example, maybe there will be a settlement after the autumn. And even if Lai Qingde doesn't correct the past, then the other opposition parties will inevitably hold on to it, in short, Xiao Meiqin is in big trouble, and in the end, she will lose even the position of "vice president".
At the same time, Taipei City Mayor Jiang Wanan and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) have recently "joined forces" to reach a consensus.
According to a report by Taiwan's China Times News Network on April 23, Jiang Wanan resolutely disagreed with the abolition of the death penalty in Taiwan, and he also said that not only he personally disagreed, but more than 70% of the people on the island would oppose this matter. And Wang Shijian, a "legislator" of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), who has always been in opposition to the tune, also rarely reached a consensus this time, saying that the existence of polarity is justified, and if it is really abolished, it will be "generous to the victims" at all.
Although Jiang Wanan and Wang Shijian belong to the blue camp and the green camp respectively, the two sides have reached a basic consensus on the abolition of the death penalty.