Tsai Ing-wen, chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party.Photo: Zhang Liangyi / photo
National Taiwan University held a press conference on the 9th to announce that the DPP Taoyuan mayor candidate Lin Zhijian had serious plagiarism and revoked his master’s degree. President Tsai Ing-wen, who is also chairman of the DPP, shouted to the party, asking the whole party to “support Zhijian to defend his innocence”. In this regard, former legislator Huang Guochang appealed that what Taiwanese need now is a president who can unite Taiwan, defend democracy, and defend basic values, rather than a president who reverses right and wrong, ignores facts, and splits the basic values of Taiwanese society in order to consolidate the party’s regime. party chairman.
Huang Guochang wrote on Facebook late at night on the 10th: “On the eve of the 2020 presidential vote, I publicly appealed to everyone to continue to support President Tsai. However, following seeing President Tsai’s speech today, I have some feelings and want to share it with you. Today, President Tsai Ing-wen said at the DPP’s regular meeting: “As long as the DPP is united, it will be able to overcome many challenges.”
Huang Guochang further said: “I hope that President Tsai did not say this to the DPP at the party’s regular meeting today, but to the people of Taiwan at the presidential palace. I hope that President Tsai will remember that she herself She once said: It is her duty to unite Taiwan; at this moment, Taiwanese are looking forward to a Taiwanese president, not a DPP president.”
Huang Guochang said bluntly: “What Taiwanese need now is a president who can unite Taiwan, defend democracy, and defend basic values, not a party chairman who reverses right and wrong, ignores facts, and divides the basic values of Taiwanese society in order to consolidate the party’s regime. In the current international situation, President Tsai needs to devote himself wholeheartedly to uniting the people, not for the election of a political party, eroding the trust of the people, and turning once morest intellectuals.”