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According to Taiwan's "Zhongshi News Network", the fire in the "City within a City" building in Kaohsiung's Yancheng District caused 46 deaths and 41 injuries, making it the most tragic fire in Kaohsiung over the years. Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Qimai led relevant personnel to bow twice at 90 degrees at a press conference at 18:00 today (14th), claiming that they would not evade responsibility, and formed an investigation team to find out the cause of the fire as soon as possible, and said that openness and transparency were responsible to the public. In this regard, many netizens on the island do not buy it, some netizens said that the cause of the fire to be investigated, so apologies, really will be a show! Some netizens also questioned whether they were responsible for the final responsibility, or the mouth was responsible?
Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Qimai apologized at a press conference with relevant members of the municipal government. Picture from Taiwan's "China Times News Network"
According to reports, Chen Qimai claimed, "Guarding the safety of citizens' lives and property is my unshirkable responsibility as mayor, and I feel extremely sad and deeply remorseful for the major casualties caused by the fire in the city building in Yancheng District, and I hereby extend the deepest apology and bow deeply to all patients, victims, families, and friends of the citizens."
Chen Qimai also mentioned at the press conference that "responsibility will not be evaded" and that an investigation team will be set up as quickly as possible to check the relevant departments and whether there are any omissions and carelessness in the administrative management of old buildings, including "city within a city".
However, according to the "China Times News Network" news, Ling Tao, chairman of the Kuomintang Cultural And Communication Association, said that what is sad is that so far the Kaohsiung Municipal Government Public Works Bureau has given priority to clearing the responsibility and directing the responsibility to the "city within the city" as a residential use in violation of the law, so it is "not necessary" to make a safety declaration to the construction management unit, so "the city in the city is not listed in the list of construction and management units", but this serious violation of the commercial building as a residence for a long time is the long-term mismanagement of the Kaohsiung municipal government, which led to today's tragedy. The Kaohsiung municipal government actually chose to give priority to cutting.
Ling Tao, chairman of the Kuomintang Cultural Transmission Association. Picture from Taiwan's "China Times News Network"
Ling Tao mentioned that the people are more angry that the fire prevention, escape and smoke exhaust design of the "city within the city" is quite backward, and many residents have not installed fire alarms. The disaster prevention design of the "city within a city" is obviously stuck at the level of the 1990s, but has the Kaohsiung municipal government never thought of properly handling it?
Ling Tao questioned that last year, some citizens reported the safety of "city within a city" to the Kaohsiung municipal government, however, the Kaohsiung municipal government responded with a bureaucratic posture of "buildings under 16 floors do not need to make a safety declaration", and the Kuomintang Kaohsiung city councilor used to constantly remind the municipal government that it should assist the "city within the city" to renovate, but the municipal government's response was that "the renewal should be initiated by the residents, and the government can assist", and did not actively understand and solve the problem, and the attitude was difficult to accept.
Ling Tao also bitterly criticized that the Kaohsiung fire highlighted the DPP's unwillingness to administer the government and continue to escort the hometown wishes; even if such a tragic tragedy as the Kaohsiung fire occurred in the early morning, Qiu Yiying, a "legislator" of the DPP in Kaohsiung, was at the first time busy publicizing the anti-recall "deleting Q activities" in Taichung (the activities of deposing "Taiwan's Radical Progressive Party legislator" Chen Baiwei) and taking selfies, while the Green Camp flanking group "Wecare Kaohsiung," which claims to care for the citizens of Kaohsiung, was busy at the first time issuing a document against chen Baiwei. What makes the people dumbfounded is that the Kaohsiung politicians of the Democratic Progressive Party regard the recall activities in Taichung as more important than the people in Kaohsiung?
In response to Chen Qimai's bowing and apologizing, many netizens on the island did not buy it, and some netizens said, "The cause of the fire is to be investigated, so humble ... What a show! ”↓
For Chen Qimai's claim that he "will not evade responsibility", some netizens asked, "Do you have to bear the final responsibility again?" Final responsibility = mouth responsibility! Some netizens also sarcastically said, "When the DPP officials say that they will not evade responsibility, it means that they are fine." ↓
Some netizens also satirized, "The DPP has always been in style, and it is responsible with its mouth, and it can also be responsible to the end." ↓
More netizens said bluntly, "What are you waiting for if you don't resign yet?" ”↓
Another netizen said, "Will not shirk responsibility ... Can you explain what it is? Didn't the mayor step down? Or dismiss the fire chief? I guess it's the latter.". ↓