China News Service reported on January 29 that the new election of Taiwan's "Legislative Yuan President and Vice President" will be held on February 1, and January 29 will be the critical three days. The Kuomintang's "Han Jiang Pei" and the Democratic Progressive Party's "Kun Chang Pei" went to visit the People's Party "legislators" on the 29th to seek support. The Popular Party, which holds a key minority of 8 seats, is expected to show its trump card as soon as the 30th.
The battle between blue and green begins, and "closed-door talks" cause controversy
Quasi-"legislator" Han Guoyu and "legislator" Jiang Qichen, who are vying for the position of "Legislative Yuan President and Vice President" on behalf of the Kuomintang, visited the people's party group in the morning, and the two sides held closed-door talks. In an interview after the meeting, Hanguo-yu said that they talked about almost everything there and had "very much consensus" on the four reform opinions proposed by the People's Party.
Hanguo-yu (2nd from left) and Jiang Qichen (1st from left) visited the People's Party's "Legislative Yuan" caucus on the 29th. Hanguo-yu hugged and greeted the People's Party's "legislator" elect Huang Guochang (2nd from right). Image source: Taiwan's "Central News Agency"
It is rumored that the KMT has internal objections to the closed-door talks and calls for the entire process to be made public to avoid a recurrence of the Grand Hyatt incident. Kuomintang Chairman Zhu Lilun said on the 28th that "Kuomintang and Jiang Qichen have full authority to seek support for their own party caucus or other friendly parties, and he respects both." New Taipei City Mayor Hou Youyi from the Kuomintang also said in response to the secret room talks that there are many ways to coordinate and communicate between the parties.
Huang Guochang, a quasi-"legislator" of the People's Party who attended the meeting, said that this was a very healthy and benign interaction, and there was no private execution chamber or secret room negotiation as described by the outside world.
On the other hand, the Democratic Progressive Party's "Legislative Yuan" caucus held a meeting in the morning and formally elected "Legislative President" You Xikun and "Vice President" Cai Qichang and "You Changpei" to seek re-election. The two met with the Popular Party caucus in the afternoon, and the two sides held closed-door talks for 35 minutes. Before the meeting, You Xikun also posted an open letter to the People's Party's "legislators" on Facebook, specifically responding to the People's Party's demands for "Legislative Yuan" reform, saying that he accepted them all.
Ke Jianming, the Democratic Progressive Party's "Legislative Yuan" caucus who has recently been frequently criticized for being a backroom negotiation, said in an interview that he did not believe that the People's Party required an oral test in addition to a written test to decide who to vote for. As for Ke Wenzhe's claim that Ke Jianming does not support You Xikundang " "Dean", he said, "Do you believe what Ke Wenzhe said?"
Where will the "8 key seats" go?
The 2024 elections for Taiwan's leaders and public opinion representatives came to an end on January 13. The next "Legislative Yuan" will present a situation where the three parties are less than half, and the battle between the blue and green "Legislative Yuan" has become the most urgent matter at the moment. The Popular Party, which won eight seats, has become a key minority, and its voting intentions may influence the final outcome.
In response, the People's Party not only proposed four reform demands, including establishing a "Legislative Yuan" for hearings and investigations, strengthening the "right to consent to personnel matters," strengthening interest avoidance, and announcing the use of funds. People's Party Chairman Ke Wenzhe also called for the candidacy of blue-green "chairman and deputy presidents" People went to the People's Party caucus for "interviews" and made harsh claims that if the 8-seat "legislator" voting group came in and out of the caucus, they would be expelled from the party if they ran out of votes.
Wang Ruide, a senior media person on the island, commented on the "Critical Moment" program on the 26th that the key eight seats are to allow both blue and green to "embrace" the People's Party. Ke Wenzhe said that entering and exiting the group is "gaining another day of popularity!" That’s what he really wants!”
It is rumored that the People's Party has 4 or 5 scripts this time, including voting all blue, voting green, voting for yourself, open voting or split voting. Ke Wenzhe is unwilling to reveal his trump card early. A few days ago, he also laughed at himself for the shame of Junyue, saying, "We will never do anything like Junyue."
At present, there are voices within the Kuomintang that "the chief will join Xikun, and the deputy will join Jiang Qichen." On the 29th, Jiang Qichen accepted an exclusive interview with "Who Comes to Pei Today" and said that if the "dean" is not Han Guoyu, there will be no "vice dean" Jiang Qichen. . He also said that more than 8 million voters voted for the opposition camp than Lai Qingde, and 60% of voters did not agree with the ruling party. "If the final 'Legislative President' is still the Democratic Progressive Party, won't the people be angry?"
A poll involving nearly 40,000 island netizens launched by Taiwan's "China Times News Network" on January 25 showed that 56% of netizens supported "Han Jiang Pei" and 35% of netizens believed that "the People's Party is the key." , 7% of netizens support "Youchangpei".
The next "legislators" will report on February 1, and the election of "President and Vice President" of the Legislative Yuan will also be held on that day. The election can only be held if 1/3 of the total number of "legislators" are present, and the person who obtains more than half of the votes of the attendees is elected. (over)