[Global Times Comprehensive Report] It is no surprise that the Democratic Progressive Party lost again in the Taipei "legislator" by-election.

Together with the "nine-in-one" election in November last year and the Chiayi mayor's postponed election in December, this is the DPP's three-game losing streak.

　　This by-election is to fill the "legislator" seat that Jiang Wan'an resigned due to running for the mayor of Taipei. Wang Hongwei of the Kuomintang will face Wu Yinong, a member of the DPP known as the "Little Ying Boy".

According to the "China Times" report on the 9th, the turnout rate in the by-election for the third constituency in Taipei City was only 43%. As a result, Wang Hongwei defeated Wu Yinong by 5,780 votes, securing an important seat for the Blue Camp and Taipei Mayor Jiang Wanan. The "natal zone".

Wang Hongwei said that this election is an extension of the Taipei mayoral election. The successful takeover of the mayor Jiang Wan'an has no worries about the municipal administration.

The chairman of the Kuomintang, Zhu Lilun, said that the Kuomintang will not have the slightest complacency.

　　Chen Qimai, acting chairman of the DPP, said on the 9th that the DPP accepts the results with humility.

"United Daily News" stated on the 9th that the voter turnout rate in this by-election was not high. According to past experience, this means that both blue and green have to rely on the basic set to win. It is unfavorable to the DPP, which shows that even the green camp can't stand the DPP's actions, and the turnout rate is low.

The article believes that this wave of strong blue and weak green and the DPP's repeated defeats are not caused by the expansion of the KMT's support rate, but by the DPP's self-depression.

　　Immediately after the Nantou "legislator" by-election will be held on March 4, Lianhe News stated bluntly on the 9th, "It is almost expected that the DPP will lose."

Huang Shi'an, director of the "Legislative Yuan" office, wrote on the 9th that, from the perspective of political reality, the results of the "Legislative Yuan" by-election this time and in March will hardly have any impact on the political ecology of the "Legislative Yuan".

However, the political domino effect caused by the losing streak of the green camp has an inseparable relationship with the internal power structure and line dispute between the blue and green parties, and even the 2024 election.

What is even more frightening is that once a political party enters the stage of a defeat cycle, regardless of whether the policy is good or bad, it will lose the legitimacy of the discussion and the attention of the public, and there will be no meaning of rational discussion. Wait for your opponent to make a mistake."

　　The "China Times" stated on the 9th that once Wu Yinong changed the style of the Democratic Progressive Party's Taipei mayoral candidate Chen Shizhong, all controversial party insiders refused to stand on the platform, and Tsai Ing-wen's "bombing auxiliary election" was not seen.

However, judging from the election results, no matter whether it is the review of the defeat, or the red envelopes given by the DPP authorities to win over the hearts of the people, all methods have failed.

The DPP's three-game losing streak reflects the disappointment and anger of the voters. Wu Yinong's defeat is the third warning to the DPP from voters, reminding the ruling party that "the review cannot be just talk."

The article stated that Tsai Ing-wen promised to reorganize the "cheque" of the administrative department. If the soup is changed but not the medicine, it will inevitably continue to be swallowed in the future.

(Cheng Dong)

　　(Global Times)