2024-01-01 03:22 United Daily News Editorial Thirteen village chiefs from Zhong, Yonghe and Tucheng districts in New Taipei City were suspected of traveling to Kunshan, Jiangsu with relatives and friends through a Taiwanese businessman surnamed Chen, and accepted…
In the presidential election debate, the election issue became the focus of attack and defense. Democratic Progressive Party presidential candidate Lai Qingde pointed out that China has interfered in every election in Taiwan, and this time it was the most serious. Kuomintang presidential candidate Hou Youyi made it clear that he opposed foreign forces intervening in the election, but he questioned the two sets of standards of the Democratic Progressive Party and the election process. The person was sent to court in accordance with the anti-infiltration law, and the police chief was dealt with when he came back from a trip to the mainland. DPP legislator Zhao Tianlin went to kiss China but was fine. He hopes that the judiciary will not be in vain and will not become a political tool.
In Taiwan’s elections, it is not unusual for the United States and intermediaries to conduct elections. Taiwanese voters have their own rational judgments, and election interference by foreign forces is often counterproductive. On the contrary, state machinery such as national security, prosecutors, police and anti-corruption agencies are fully activated. Especially in the name of inspecting China’s election, the problem is even more serious.
Prosecutor General Hsing Tai-chao has frequently stressed on various occasions recently that foreign forces are interfering in Taiwan’s elections in an unprecedented manner, and prosecutors and police are on the verge of cracking down on people traveling to the mainland and reposting information questioning the candidates of the ruling party. Many local managers who solicited tourists to travel to the mainland at low prices, or who were entertained by personnel from the Taiwan Affairs Office on the other side of the Taiwan Strait during their trips to the mainland, were interviewed and even detained under the anti-osmosis law. The Ministry of Justice even reported at the Executive Yuan meeting, proudly announcing that eight people have been detained under the anti-infiltration law this year. It seems to echo the seriousness of foreign forces’ interference in elections, but in fact it is more like cooperating with the ruling party’s anti-Chinese operation; the state machine uses all possible means to introduce elections, which is much more powerful than foreign forces.
The inspection and investigation’s frequent searches and interviews have caused a lot of controversy. After being interviewed, some people said bluntly that even if officials from the other side of the Taiwan Strait talk loudly about supporting a specific candidate at a banquet, the people of Taiwan have their own opinions on who to choose. How can they be affected by low-cost travel or a few words from officials from the other side of the Taiwan Strait? Willingness? Inspection and adjustment simply despise the wisdom of the Taiwanese people.
National security units also continue to release information about the election from the other side of the Taiwan Strait. It is difficult to distinguish between true and false, and the facts are unclear. Just like the Wang Liqiang incident four years ago, the ruling party, together with national security, foreign affairs, inspection and other government agencies, devoted all their efforts to crack down on China’s election interference and investigate communist spies. In the end, it was confirmed that the news was false. During this election, foreign media also reported on intelligence information released by anonymous Taiwanese national security officials, saying that the mainland was pressuring Mayday to publicly support “one China”. The Democratic Progressive Party fiercely attacked it, and even Executive President Chen Jianren echoed his statement. In the Wang Liqiang incident, those involved in the powerful operation, investigation and prosecution were not responsible; now in the Mayday incident, the National Security Agency seems to have no scruples.
In addition, a man posted on Facebook why Xiao Meiqin, the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party, had not given up her American citizenship after being interviewed by the media for more than 20 years, questioning her nationality and the legitimacy of her candidacy. The Chiayi County Police Department came to check the water meter. Not only did He said he would be prosecuted for violating the election and strike law, and emphasized that the maximum penalty could be up to five years in prison. This method of intimidating ordinary people not only ignores Xiao Meiqin’s response that the wording used in the interview was not precise enough, but is also an authoritarian expression of wanting to silence the people. However, Mr. Lai Ching-te’s mention that “the economic growth rate during the epidemic was the first in the world” was certified by the Taiwan Fact Checking Center as “false information.” Prosecutors and police are investigating whether they should use the same standards to investigate Mr. Lai’s legal responsibility?
If the mainland’s hosting of tourists is an intermediary, then wouldn’t it be another form of intermediation when the national security units release information in various ways that is later proven to be false? Isn’t the police checking the water meters of people who post unfavorable information about the candidates of the ruling party also promoting the election? Isn’t it a state machine to conduct elections by conducting comprehensive investigations on local temples, district chiefs and other specific targets before the election, and even indicting the speaker of the local council, etc.?
Nowadays, almost all government ministries and committees have become affiliated organizations of the Democratic Progressive Party candidates running for president. For example, in the past, the Ministry of Justice had to strictly adhere to administrative neutrality because its prosecutorial agency was responsible for investigating bribery. Ministry of Justice officials were also among the few cabinet ministers who were not allowed to stand during elections. However, in this election, the presidential candidate of the opposition party proposed the establishment of a Drug Enforcement Agency and other political ideas. However, the Ministry of Justice issued two press releases stating that it was “not necessary”; it also used certain media to cover up whether the illegally built “Laipiliao” could be a public trust. In order to introduce the election, even the administrative neutrality was not acted.
Lai Qingde accused China of mediating the election. In fact, the state machine mediating the election is even more evil.
Editorial Introduction National Security DPP Ministry of Justice Anti-infiltration Law Lai Qingde Xiao Meiqin 2024 Election Voter Debate
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