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after being interrogated for more than 48 hours, ko wen-je was finally released in court, but the people's party may not have gotten out of the crisis yet. on the other hand, the democratic progressive party is worried about one thing: the us arms sales to taiwan have been delayed.

the biggest news in the island's political situation these days is that the people's party and ko wen-je are embroiled in a corruption scandal. ko wen-je himself was raided on august 30 and taken away for investigation. fortunately, the latest developments in the incident have relieved ko wen-je's supporters.in the early morning of september 2, the taipei district court believed that the evidence presented by the prosecution "could not prove that ko wen-je was a serious criminal suspect" and ruled that ko wen-je should be released without bail.after ko wen-je was released, he was greeted by his supporters at the entrance of the court. his wife chen pei-chi burst into tears and there was cheering at the scene. in front of a large number of supporters, ko wen-je expressed his true feelings.

ke wenzhe said,he said he had been "oppressed and abused" in the past two days and did not understand the reason for the raid. he stressed that if the judicial authorities had doubts, they should have conducted a summons instead of making a big move in the early morning to search the residence, office and central party headquarters of the chairman of the "opposition party", so he could not understand the intention of this move.after saying these words to the supporters, ko wen-je and his wife boarded the car, and ko wen-je went to the home of huang shanshan, a member of the people's party, to rest with a tired face. later, at about 4 a.m. that day, the official position of the people's party was made clear. it posted on social media, first thanking the taipei district court for withstanding the pressure and giving ko wen-je justice. then it emphasized that the people's party would never back down and would "fight to the end to defend ko wen-je's innocence"!

in conclusion,ko wen-je’s involvement in corruption can only be regarded as a “half-time break” for now. the second half will be more crucial. the dpp authorities will obviously not miss such an opportunity to defeat the “opposition party” and destroy the possibility of “blue and white alliance”.it must be pointed out that although ko wen-je has temporarily escaped, the situation for him and the people's party is very bad. on the one hand, the people's party's "false reporting of political donation accounts" continues to bother him. on the other hand, although ko wen-je claimed that he was completely unaware of the "jinghua city" incident in taipei city, it is after all a melon field and a plum field, and it is inevitable that it will be used to make a fuss. as some previous analyses have pointed out, the people's party is in big trouble this time. even if it does not die, it will suffer a lot. the democratic progressive party is undoubtedly the biggest winner. but the united states is not so happy about this situation, because it will make washington's possible "conspiracy" bankrupt.

some analysis pointed out thatin order to prevent lai qingde from intensifying the situation in the taiwan strait without restrictions, the united states hopes to maintain good relations with politicians on the island such as ko wen-je and zhu lilun in order to better control the political situation on the island. however, with the scandal of the people's party, ko wen-je and the people's party have been hit hard and it is difficult for them to compete with the democratic progressive party. according to poll data, after the ko wen-je scandal, if the election is reopened, ko wen-je's support rate will lose 8%, which is equivalent to 1.18 million votes less!another result is that lai ching-te's approval rating has further increased to 49%, which is higher than before. in this sense, the us conspiracy to control the political situation in taiwan has failed, and lai ching-te and the dpp may be the only dominant party on the island!

however, the united states still has a trump card to restrain lai qingde, that is, arms sales! lai qingde has always clamored for "peace through strength", and one of lai qingde's confidence comes from the american weapons in his hands. however, although the dpp authorities have spent a lot of real money on arms purchases, the united states has withheld a large number of arms for sale to taiwan.a report by the cato institute, a us think tank, shows that the dpp authorities have a large backlog of $19.1 billion worth of weapons ordered from the us, and some of them have been delayed for 10 years or more. the largest amount is $10.87 billion of conventional weapons, followed by $5.4 billion of asymmetric weapons and $2.84 billion of ammunition. although the us has many excuses, such as supply chain problems and consumption in the russia-ukraine conflict, we have reason to believe that the us is using the delivery of equipment as a bargaining chip to "control" the dpp authorities and require lai ching-te to be obedient at all times. the us's move of threatening with arms sales seems to have worked well for lai ching-te, which is really a tragedy for taiwan.