Text: Jiang Qingtong
Editor|Jiang Qingsheng
Preface
Since Lai Qingde took office, several successive moves have pushed him directly to the cusp.
made many people feel that Taiwan Province was about to change, and when everyone looked at Lai Qingde, Xiao Meiqin suddenly stood up and shared the firepower, but she never thought that she might be about to come to a catastrophe.
The Incident of Mikoto
As a diehard Taiwan independence element, there will be countless pairs of eyes staring at them when they do anything.
This time, You Zhibin, deputy spokesman of the New Party, broke the news on the Internet that Xiao Meiqin had a big melon, that is, she wanted to ask the "Customs Affairs Bureau" through the "Ministry of Foreign Affairs" to exempt the inspection of moonshine, which can be said to have played official authority to the extreme.
However, the "Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs" and the Ministry of Finance soon denied it on the Internet, saying that this was a non-existent matter, and that some people had just expanded the matter.
Although the final outcome is still inconclusive, it is enough to see that the corruption of some officials in Taiwan seems to have existed all along.
Many people think of Xiao Meiqin's transportation of illicit wine back to Taiwan as another "special plane illicit cigarette case" in Taiwan that year.
This incident happened in 2019, when Tsai Ing-wen's secret service took advantage of Tsai Ing-wen's special plane to bring back tens of thousands of illicit cigarettes.
Worth as much as NT$6 million, once this incident broke out, it caused a very big repercussion in Taiwan, and many netizens accused Tsai Ing-wen of blatantly taking the lead in violating laws and disciplines.
Other parties also took advantage of this incident to continue to hype up, demanding that the Tsai Ing-wen government give an explanation, and the Tsai Ing-wen office initially gave a reply that it was "overbought".
To put it simply, within the limit of the purchase amount, it exceeded this range, that is, at first Tsai Ing-wen did not admit that these were illicit cigarettes.
However, in the face of their statement, the general public did not seem to buy it, and finally under the pressure of public opinion, Tsai Ing-wen finally stood up and apologized to the masses.
and admitted that this was an "illegal illegal cigarette", and at the same time liquidated the facility personnel, but no one thought that such a thing could happen one after another in just a few years.
The DPP does not have a long memory this time, Tsai Ing-wen returned to Taiwan with cigarettes privately, and Hsiao Meiqin returned to Taiwan with more than 20 bottles of high-priced foreign wine, which makes people wonder how the DPP will establish its authority in Taiwan in the future.
And how to deal with this matter this time depends on Lai Qingde's performance, after all, such a thing happened not long after he came to power, and if it is handled in a sloppy manner, then it is very likely that his public opinion will drop to a low point.
It depends on whether Lai Qingde will take Xiao Meiqin as the first fire burned by his new official, even if Lai Qingde does not trouble him, there is no guarantee that the opposition party will ignore it at this time, if he holds on to it, under the continuous fermentation of the matter, Xiao Meiqin's own position may not be able to be kept.
Golden Gate crashes ship
Another incident is about the Kinmen ship collision, no one thought that as soon as Lai Qingde won the election, there was a vicious ship collision incident on February 14, but to this day, this matter has not been properly handled.
What makes people even more infuriating is that Guan Biling, who not only did not act in this incident, but even fished in troubled waters, was retained by Lai Qingde as the "director of the Maritime Affairs Commission" again.
It seems that in response to the results of this matter, Lai Qingde still chose to fool things and didn't take it too seriously.
But Lai Qingde chose to turn a deaf ear, in fact, regarding their attitude, we can also understand a signal very well, that is, we will resolutely not bow to the mainland and admit our mistakes in this matter.
From the first time I dealt with the affairs with the mainland, I could think of Lai Qingde's mode of getting along with the mainland in the future, which must be to maintain a tough attitude.
It is still the same route that Tsai Ing-wen has taken, that is, to strengthen cooperation with the United States and defend the so-called "sovereignty" of the Taiwan region.
No matter what it is, it is a challenge to the bottom line of the mainland, and the so-called "sovereignty" of Taiwan is nonsense at all, and Taiwan has been a part of the mainland since ancient times, so there is no question of sovereignty at all, and both Taiwan and the mainland belong to China.
No matter who uses any means, they will not be able to separate Taiwan from China, and this is true now and will be true in the future.
Let's take a look at another topic mentioned by Lai Qingde, about strengthening cooperation with the United States and other countries, to put it bluntly, he actually wants to continue to get the support of the United States, so that their so-called Taiwan independence can continue to be active.
This is also a plan that the DPP has been using for so many years, but it seems that Taiwan has forgotten one point, that is, the United States has indeed given them assistance, but if it really comes to a showdown, the United States will inevitably not be able to go to war to help Taiwan fight the mainland.
The fundamental reason why the United States is clinging to the Taiwan issue is nothing more than that it wants to contain China's development, so the current Taiwan is like a gun for the United States to contain China.
At the same time, the United States also intends to cultivate Taiwan into an outpost, just like Japan today, so the two sides are completely out of interests, and it can be said that the relationship is very unreliable.
Until now, Taiwan has been fantasizing that it will be able to get support from the United States in the future, when facing the mainland, and such an idea may not be realized.
As the date of 20 May is approaching, many people are worried about the problems between the two sides of the strait, because this day is also the day when Lai Ching-te officially takes office as Taiwan's leader.
From now on, Lai Qingde has released a very strong signal in his performance in the past few days, that is, he has a hostile attitude towards the mainland.
It is no exaggeration to say that Lai Qingde is playing with fire, or is he playing with the entire development of Taiwan in the future.
In addition to international issues, there is one thing that has also caused great repercussions in Taiwan, that is, the question of whether Taiwan should abolish the death penalty.
Abolish the death penalty
Just past the 23rd, Taiwan's local "Constitutional Court of the Judicial Yuan" had a decision on whether the death penalty should be abolished.
To everyone's surprise, Wang Shijian and Jiang Wanan, who are from different parties, answered this question with surprisingly unanimous answers.
Wang Shijian said that if the perpetrators were not punished accordingly, then the victims' families would not be able to get any justice, and in the long run, they would trample on the current Taiwan law.
After all, without the death penalty, the people are afraid that they will be armed, which will eventually lead to major changes in society, so there is strong opposition to the death penalty.
Jiang Wanan also stressed the importance of not abolishing the death penalty, and in Taiwan Province, more than 70% of people oppose the abolition of the death penalty, because according to the current development of Taiwan, it is completely impossible to compare with those countries that have abolished the death penalty.
After the abolition of the death penalty, it will inevitably cause a series of social changes, so for those who have committed capital crimes, they do not deserve to be forgiven.
I have to say that such a thing is very rare in recent years, and the fact that two parties can stand together for the same issue is not a deliberate attempt to discredit each other, and it is enough to see that it is not without consideration for the people.
summary
At present, there is still a long way to go on the road to the reunification of the motherland, but it is certain that no country or person can stand in the way of this day.
At present, the mainland still puts peaceful reunification in the first place and is constantly working hard for it, but if the Taiwan authorities still choose to be obsessed, then the mainland does not need to be polite to them.
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