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the former head of the taiwan authorities' transportation department, li mengyan, resigned due to an extramarital affair and was approved. currently, chen yanbo, the "deputy minister of political affairs" of the taiwan transportation department, is acting as the head. today (29th), the taiwan executive yuan decided that the spokesperson of the taiwan executive yuan, chen shikai, would take over the post of head of the taiwan transportation department. wang hongwei, a kuomintang legislator, said that chen shikai's expertise is in elections and he has no previous experience in transportation. he took over this position just because he was trusted by taiwan leader lai qingde. this is simply a joke with public resources.

chen shikai is 47 years old and was born in hsinchu city in 1977. born in the youth army of the democratic progressive party, he became connected with taichung because he studied in the department of political science at tunghai university in taiwan. after graduation, he served as the director of the office of dpp legislator tsai chi-chang, affiliated with the "new tide", and was elected as a member of the taichung city council for three consecutive terms. in the past, chen shikai was also recruited by the dpp to participate in the 2013 legislator by-election. he faced yan kuan-heng, who had strong local strength, but lost. he fought again in 2016 but failed. during the 2024 taiwan regional leadership election, chen shikai served as one of the spokespersons for lai ching-te's campaign office. he was deeply trusted by lai ching-te and was also a middle-aged generation that the dpp focused on cultivating. after "may 20", he was recruited into the "cabinet" team to play the role of "makeup artist" of the taiwan executive agency, responsible for explaining the major policies of the taiwan authorities to the outside world. it is now reported that lai ching-te and taiwan's executive yuan head, to jung-tai, have decided that chen shikai will take over as the head of taiwan's transportation department. to jung-tai personally announced earlier that the position of taiwan's executive yuan spokesperson will be temporarily taken over by deputy spokesperson xie zi-han.

wang hongwei said that looking back at chen shikai's past, he was a taichung city councilor and served as a spokesperson and youth cadre in the democratic progressive party, but he had no experience in transportation. "if chen shikai's experience in the transportation committee of the taichung city council is a reason, then i have also worked in the transportation committee of the taipei city council. why is it chen shikai instead of wang hongwei?" wang hongwei questioned that if he could be a "gatekeeper" there just because he had lai qingde's trust and protect the interests of the "new tide", lai qingde, and the democratic progressive party, then this is simply a joke with public resources.

kmt legislator lin pei-hsiang also said that regardless of academic qualifications, experience, expertise, and administrative experience, chen shih-kai is basically not qualified to be the head of a transportation department. especially after the hualien earthquake, the transportation in hualien and taitung is in urgent need of restoration, and various transportation issues are in need of restoration, so an experienced person in charge is even more needed. lin pei-hsiang also "felt sorry" for other professionals in the dpp. he mocked that wang yi-chuan, the executive director of the dpp policy council who was once the director of the taichung city transportation bureau, seemed to be more qualified than chen shih-kai. although wang yi-chuan ran a red light, at least he had more administrative experience than chen shih-kai.

zhu zhiyu, secretary general of the taiwan railway industry union, believes that if chen shikai is finally confirmed as the head of taiwan's transportation department, then lai ching-te did not choose a person who wants to improve transportation, maintain pedestrian safety or railway safety, but a person who is good at handling public relations crises. zhu zhiyu also bluntly said that chen shikai is not as good as wang guocai, the former head of taiwan's transportation department. "lai ching-te has only been in office for 100 days, but he has appointed someone without a professional transportation background to manage taiwan's transportation department, which is equivalent to half-abandoning the entire transportation reform."

zhu zhiyu pointed out that if the selection is based on the condition of "having a background as a legislator and having served on the transportation committee", there should be many people in taiwan who meet this condition or are even more professional, so this reason cannot convince them. in addition to having experience as a legislator, the head of taiwan's transportation department must also have basic transportation expertise, at least in terms of overall transportation reform, so as to avoid being fooled by some permanent civil servants in the department.

zhu zhiyu said that railways, highways, aviation, etc. are all very complex professions. chen shikai may be good at dealing with public relations crises, but he is not good at dealing with transportation. after he takes office in the future, will he be able to select the correct and appropriate suggestions from many statements? if he is fooled and an accident occurs, he will have to resign. he bluntly said that if chen shikai can only say abstract slogans such as "we must do a good job in railway and highway reform", it means that the lai qingde administration chose chen shikai to solve future public relations crises, not because they have a vision or idea about the direction of transportation construction reform. the union does not insist on a person in charge of the transportation department who knows everything, but in the face of the problem that the taiwan railway has had major accidents, specific reform measures should be proposed.

in addition, wang hongwei questioned dpp spokesperson dai weishan's claim today that chen shikai's succession to the head of taiwan's transportation department "shows that lai qingde gives opportunities to young people, and chen shikai is experienced enough to suppress many evil spirits below." she emphasized that taiwan's transportation department has a certain degree of professionalism, and dai weishan's words are ridiculous. "chen shikai doesn't even understand the transportation profession, who can he suppress? what are evil spirits? if you want to give young people opportunities, why not give opportunities to young people with transportation majors? if you want to protect them, you don't have to use such unqualified words!"(lin jingxian, strait herald reporter in taiwan)