The picture shows Taiwanese physician Su Weishuo holding up a slogan in the cold wind in 2020 to express his dissatisfaction with the DPP's import of "Lai Pig". (Taiwan's China Times file photo)
Party membership in Taiwan accounts for only 6 percent of the total electorate, with the remaining 94 percent unaffiliated. However, when Taiwan's "ruling party" decides on policies, it is always customary to divide the common people first and then collide, stimulating confrontation in order to kidnap the majority; even the 1218 "four referendums", which are essentially the people's livelihood economy, are also necked one by one to this road of no return. If the DPP authorities continue to manipulate ideology in such a way that the "referendum, which should have been a direct demonstration of the will of the people," is once again reduced to a tool of political struggle, no matter what the outcome is, no one in Taiwan as a whole will be the winner.
In the three rotations of political parties since 2000, Taiwan has always had difficulty in letting go of the dualistic ruling model, and in public policy, "legislative" direction, and even personnel arrangements, it has not forgotten to distinguish between blue and green, and only asks about color and does not ask right and wrong in everything; smearing red and smearing has gradually become a panacea. This unreasonable culture has become a feature of "Taiwanese democracy."
Specifically, the four "referendums" of "anti-Lai pig", "cherishing algae reefs", "referendum tied to the general election", and "restarting the nuclear four" are essentially the people's livelihood economy; the first three are all the propositions of the DPP before it came to power. Because of this, the polls revealed by all parties show that the proportion of people in favor of these three "referendums" is significantly higher than that of opponents.
However, the DPP authorities obviously have no intention of communicating and holding dialogue with the mainstream public opinion, but are one-size-fits-all, and the "referendum" is a vicious fighting tool for the KMT to operate the party and fight against differences. The implication is to summon the ideological ghost, to ask voters to ignore the intention of the "referendum" and to try to turn the situation around into a blue-green dispute. Such a "referendum" no longer deserves to be called a demonstration of the people's direct will.
Under the catalysis of political forces, it is difficult to predict where the "four referendums" will go. Perhaps, under the pressure of the DPP army, there will really be more and more voters who put values aside and colors in the middle; but can this kind of "referendum" result, which is called by a spiral of opposition, really resolve the lack of representative politics and solve the omissions in the DPP authorities' decision-making?
If the DPP authorities really want the Taiwanese people to live a good life, they should put aside their ideological hands and stop kidnapping the people with color; only in this way can they help Taiwan get out of the predicament of ruling the country.
Source: Huaxia Graticule