In the by-election of public opinion representatives in the third constituency of Taipei City held on January 8, candidates from the Democratic Progressive Party lost again.
Since the "nine-in-one" election in 2022, the DPP has been affected by a series of negative events such as "paper gate" and "black gold politics", and has failed in several elections one after another, showing a declining trend.
To the disappointment of the people in Taiwan, the party's so-called "review" of the defeat in the election is superficial, and the "arrogant governance" remains, which has increasingly aroused dissatisfaction among public opinion on the island.
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Critics pointed out that the DPP's ruling arrogance spread throughout Taiwan.
Recently, the Hsinchu Baseball Stadium has been exposed to serious suspicions of cutting corners. This baseball stadium, which cost nearly NT$1.2 billion to rebuild, is regarded as an important political achievement by Lin Zhijian, the former Hsinchu Mayor of the Democratic Progressive Party.
He once declared that he was "highly involved and often went to the construction site to inspect", but now facing field problems that have caused four players to be injured, Lin Zhijian asked the new mayor to solve the problem.
If you look back, people find that Lin Zhijian did not apologize for the plagiarism incident involving himself and the conclusion has been made.
The excavation of bricks, wires and other items from the soil of the Hsinchu Baseball Stadium caused an uproar (Zhongshi data map)
Coincidentally, in December 2022, when Li Guimin, a public opinion representative from the Chinese Kuomintang, questioned Hua Jingqun, an official of the Taiwan authorities, in the Taiwan legislature, Hua Jingqun directly pointed out that Li Guimin's questions were abstract and unanswerable, so he went straight to the inquiry platform. To everyone's surprise, this official has also been widely criticized from all walks of life.
"The upper beam is not upright and the lower beam is crooked." Some Taiwan current affairs commentators said that the disregard of people's livelihood by DPP officials and their disrespect for representatives of public opinion stem from Su Zhenchang, the head of Taiwan's administrative department.
According to Taiwan media reports, Su Zhenchang publicly "choked" in the legislature and public opinion representatives more than once: On November 11 last year, Su Zhenchang and the Kuomintang public opinion representative Hong Mengkai choked each other, and Su Zhenchang directly "greeted to Hong Mengkai's mother"; on October 12 the year before last, When Su Zhenchang was asked about defense issues, he yelled at Zheng Liwen, a representative of the Kuomintang public opinion, "laughing" (dialect: no shame), which also caused an uproar in public opinion...
Su Zhenchang, head of Taiwan's administrative department (data map from the China Times Department)
The price of arrogance, keeping the basic market is a problem
At present, the atmosphere of "removing the DPP" in Taiwanese society continues to be prominent.
A public opinion survey shows that only 31% of the public agree with the DPP, and the data shows a sharp decline.
After the defeat in the "nine-in-one" election, the DPP launched the so-called internal party review mechanism, but it was considered to be a formality, and the "main cause" of the defeat was not mentioned.
In the ensuing mayoral election in Chiayi, the DPP suffered another disastrous defeat. Some people from the green camp who are familiar with the local situation admitted frankly that the DPP did not even hold on to its fundamentals.
On January 8, Taipei City held a by-election of public opinion representatives, and the DPP lost again. This is the DPP's "three-game losing streak."
A news report predicts, “The DPP can almost be expected to lose in the Nantou County Representative Election in less than two months.”
The arrogance is still there, and the voice of the people cannot be heard
"In addition to the defiantness of the DPP administration, the DPP's reputation continues to decline because of the arrogance of the one-party dominance." An article from Lianhe News directly hit the DPP's core.
There are also comments that the arrogance of the DPP in power is unbearable.
In recent years, the DPP has pushed various bills in the legislature, blindly escorting "high-end" vaccines and refusing the entry of "Fubitai" vaccines into the island, Lin Zhijian did not reflect on the plagiarism of papers and the baseball field case, and DPP officials faced During the interrogation, the people of Taiwan were disgusted with the DPP authorities' "covering the sky with one hand". In such an atmosphere, it is not surprising that the DPP lost all the way.
Young people who were once regarded as the "vote warehouse" of the DPP have also lost trust in the DPP authorities.
"Handing over a better Taiwan to the next generation" is a "promise" made by the DPP to young people when it came to power, but now it has almost completely failed.
"Because of the arrogance of power, there is no need to communicate, and there is no way to communicate." When commenting on the DPP's approach, a Taiwanese media person said.
"Humility, humility, and humility" is just a slogan after all. The DPP's "arrogant governance" has formed a habit of ignoring public opinion, which has made the people on the island even more disappointed.