President Tsai Ing-wen attended the “President and High School Students Face-to-face Forum” yesterday (3rd), when a high school student asked a question regarding the abolition of the death penalty. Value, although the abolition of death controversy makes many people uneasy, and even hope that the death penalty can be used to stop criminal behavior that is unacceptable to society, but the national system can provide sufficient security, and there is no need to rely on very severe penalties to deter crimes. It sparked heated debates from all walks of life, and some people said, “Please implement it according to the law!”.
A student asked regarding the issue of the abolition of the death penalty, and Tsai Ing-wen responded that the issue of abolition of death is indeed a rational issue, as well as a question of value and emotion. Why is it so complicated? From the perspective of the Taiwanese society, this issue has caused such a big discussion in Taiwanese society because “everyone has a different perspective.”
Tsai Ing-wen explained, but there is one important thing, why the abolition of death is so controversial, because many people feel uneasy, and hope that through the death penalty to stop the socially unacceptable and cruel criminal behavior, our national system can provide enough security, no need Relying on very severe penalties to deter crime, in this process, the construction of national self-confidence becomes very important. She said that the government has a strong public security mechanism. Under the leadership of the Chief Executive, Su Zhenchang, the country’s public security is regularly reviewed. The government is also actively building a social safety net.
After this response was exposed, it sparked heated discussions among netizens. There were more than 5,000 comments under the relevant reports of Yahoo News, which shows that netizens are paying attention to this issue. Among them, popular comments include “Didn’t high school students throw shoes at her?” “Adults can’t cheat, start cheating children”, “Canceling security and let’s talk regarding it”, “Shooting cases one following another, what did the government do”, “Social safety net” The result is that criminals can take long-term vacations without shutting down.” “Now there are a lot of guns, random killings, love killings, and child abuse.”
