Dpp authorities perfunctorily mourn the victims of the Kaohsiung fire and throw the pot, and Tsai Ing-wen was criticized for "no blood and no tears" in just 5 minutes.

Source: Global Times

[Global Times special reporter Zhang Tianxing] Kaohsiung City Yancheng District Chengcheng building on the 14th fire caused a total of 46 deaths. In recent days, topics such as the cause of the accident and the pursuit of political responsibility have continued to attract attention on the island.

The entire Kaohsiung City Council stood in silence, except for Huang Jie, who sat and slid his mobile phone. Pictured from Taiwan media

The Kaohsiung District Prosecutor's Office revealed on the 17th that the identities of the victims have all been confirmed. According to the United News Network, the two mainland spouses who died have been confirmed by their employers, relatives and friends, and are currently contacting mainland relatives to go to Taiwan or authorizing others to deal with them through the "Immigration Department". According to the "China Times" reported on the 17th, the suspect Huang surnamed woman and guo surnamed boyfriend transferred to the Kaohsiung District Prosecutor's Office for re-interrogation on the 15th, and the prosecution determined that the 51-year-old woman surnamed Huang burned sandalwood powder in the suite "improperly with fire" leading to prolonged burning, suspected of fire and negligence caused death, and applied to the Kaohsiung District Court for detention ban and was approved; the man surnamed Guo was released on NT$60,000 because he left the table early at that time, which had nothing to do with the whole incident. In addition to continuing to reinforce the evidence, the investigation department also began to investigate the property under Huang's name, and found that she had no income, the value of the property under her name was not high, and even if she was subsequently awarded compensation by the court, she was afraid that she would not be able to repay it; in the criminal part, she may only be sentenced to 5 years in prison at most, making it difficult for the families of the victims and the victims to accept. They said in unison, "If 46 people die in vain and are only given a light sentence of 5 years, no one can accept it, and the living and the dead are not convinced."

In view of this most serious fire in history, Kaohsiung held a ceremony to summon souls and transfer spirits on the 16th, and political figures went to mourn one after another on the 17th: At about 8 a.m., "Vice President" Lai Qingde, accompanied by Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Qimai, entered the United Spiritual Hall of the Victims of the Fire in the City Building, comforted the families of the deceased for more than half an hour, did not express any opinion, and left in a low-key manner; then former "Vice President" Wu Dunyi arrived at the Martyrs' Spiritual Hall; at about 11:00 a.m., "Chief Executive" Su Zhenchang went to mourn. Previously, on the 16th, Tsai Ing-wen visited the injured in various hospitals in Kaohsiung on the third day of the fire, but only 5 minutes after mourning the deceased at the funeral home, she flashed. Shi Zhengfeng, a professor at Donghua University, criticized Tsai Ing-wen in a Facebook post that she is "really bloodless and tearless, lacking empathy", this incident is a political responsibility, after the DPP came to power, "in addition to the pile (consolidating the basic disk), I don't know what else to do? Ma Ying-jeou said that the Kaohsiung Municipal Government obviously has an unshirkable responsibility for this incident, and hopes that the competent authorities will quickly find out the truth. He also bluntly said that Tsai Ing-wen should apologize.

With regard to fire liability, the DPP began to throw the pot as expected. When someone turned over the 2011 Taichung Allah nightclub fire that killed nine people, Chen Qimai asked the then mayor of Taichung, Hu Zhiqiang, to step down and take charge. However, when asked whether Chen Qimai should resign according to this standard, Su Zhenchang did not respond positively, saying only that he had asked that the scene be preserved and that he would pay the deepest tribute to the people. This reaction ignited the anger of a large number of netizens, who angrily scolded "the double standard party really does not want to face" "a very ridiculous party, others must be responsible, they must step down, apologize and bow when they change themselves, it is really a good responsible party", and some people mocked and said, "How can the seat occupied by good intentions let go?" On the 16th, Liu Shifang, a "legislator" of the Democratic Progressive Party, also said that Han Hanyu also served as the mayor of Kaohsiung for two years. Kuomintang Chairman Zhu Lilun denounced "this is the most shameless way of saying this." If we want to push forward in this way, will we push Chen Ju to serve as mayor for more than ten years?

Kuomintang "legislator" Li Guimin said on the 17th that the core of the fire problem must return to urban governance, planning and the laziness of the municipal government. According to the "Construction Law", this is not only the responsibility of the Kaohsiung Municipal Government, but also the responsibility of the authorities, "as a result of the inaction of the DPP government's public power, which finally led to the loss of more than 40 lives in the fire." "Legislator" Lai Shibao bitterly criticized that during Su Zhenchang's term of office, public safety accidents, epidemics, or unfortunate deaths after vaccinations, and other accidents have so far taken more than 1,800 lives, Su actually did not leave, without any political responsibility, "there is hardly any government head in the world, and so many people who have died during their term of office due to public security and public health incidents can not step down." People's Party "legislator" Tsai Biru sarcastically said that Tsai Ing-wen's "Double Tenth Festival Speech" did not focus on domestic affairs at all. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, hundreds of people have been killed, she only lightly thanked the company for buying vaccines, and other incidents such as the "Taroko" accident and the fire in the city were empty shouts of determination to reform, and then she used various methods such as the Internet army and the Great Inner Propaganda to evade political responsibility. You Yinglong, chairman of the "Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation," said that when the "Eight Palm Creek Incident" brought down You Xikun, then "vice president of the Executive Yuan," this is not necessarily an example; this is a "show" by the Chen Shui-bian authorities, but now the Tsai Ing-wen authorities are not even willing to do this "show." They are very cheeky and scolded by people, "Talking about the politics of responsibility to the Tsai Su system is like playing the piano against cattle." Zhang Zhengyun, a senior researcher at the "China Public Opinion Research Association," believes that the people in power of major accidents tend to abdicate their responsibilities and lead the way of the network army, which will only deepen the people's distrust. Niu Zexun, director of the Advertising Department of Taiwan's Chinese Culture University, also said that whether it is instructed by the authorities or the network army comes with its own wind direction, it is "short and long" for the rulers, and in the long run, it will only damage the prestige of the authorities and will not be recognized by the middle voters.

"The bigger the package (accident, trouble), the faster the promotion", China Times commented on the title on the 17th, saying that the defeat of the "nine-in-one" election in 2018 allowed Tsai Ing-wen to explore a special ruling power technique, that is, by reusing "people who have had accidents", whether it is an election defeat or a policy mistake, all of which are included, and the use of power and profit is exchanged for the consolidation of the people's leadership center. In less than a year, man-made disasters have caused thousands of lives to be lost, and everything should have been enough to make the "chief executive" resign, but the executive heads at all levels of the Green Camp have been repeatedly allowed to apologize and not be responsible, Su Zhenchang even insulted the public opinion, Tsai Ing-wen still turned a blind eye, further contributing to the vicious atmosphere of the administrative department, "destined to evolve into a disorderly state where the government screws fall to the ground."