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the recall vote for keelung mayor xie guoliang will be held on october 13. the kuomintang held a press conference today (12th) to criticize the democratic progressive party for "refusing to admit defeat, review, or make progress." it used the rights of keelung citizens and keelung's municipal construction as bargaining chips in political struggles to gain personal political benefits for dpp secretary-general lin youchang. this is definitely not a blessing for keelung.

the blue camp recently distributed anti-recall propaganda fans in keelung, criticizing the "dpp for wanting to re-run after losing the election." zhang zhihao, the head of the dpp caucus in the keelung city council, and 10 other councilors filed a lawsuit against the kmt and xie guoliang on the 10th. kmt spokesperson yang zhiyu pointed out that the dpp intervened in the keelung recall, but held a press conference that contradicted itself. the keelung dpp city councilors cut off the "recall liang" group and went to court to sue xie guoliang for "public insults," but their involvement in the recall movement is still fresh in people's minds. including the dpp councilor service office, which allows everyone to sign the petition, lin youchang also publicly supported the "recall liang" during his speech, but he filed a lawsuit for "public insults." does he think that standing with the "recall liang" group is an insult and shame?

yang zhiyu also said that the "election support" propaganda produced by the keelung city party committee of the democratic progressive party had already appeared in the wing organization of the "recall liang" group as early as august. the democratic progressive party actually said that it did not intervene in the recall of liang. doesn't it feel shameful for all these chaotic behaviors? it is deeply disgusting.

kmt legislator li yanxiu said that xie guoliang had been the mayor of keelung for less than two years. if there were any violations of laws and disciplines or deficiencies in the municipal administration, the dpp keelung city councilors could directly request the courts and prosecutors to conduct investigations, rather than using the immunity of speech during press conferences at the city council. she pointed out that the dpp keelung councilors continued to frame and smear, and conducted "cognitive warfare" on the citizens of keelung, but what the citizens of keelung remember is that lin youchang left a mess and his administration had no highlights at all. she gave the example that the transfer station, which should have been completed in five years, was not completed until july this year under xie guoliang's aftermath; the track and field stadium, which was three years old, took three and a half years to complete; and the art museum had 373 deficiencies.

li yanxiu also pointed out that the east coast mall case finally cleared xie guoliang of all charges, and his four consecutive victories in the courts meant that everything xie guoliang did was to protect keelung city's municipal property. the dpp did not know how to reflect, did not know how to improve, and did not admit defeat. it continued to smear and escalate the situation, trying to find things to smear. the dpp used the rights of keelung citizens and keelung's municipal construction as bargaining chips in political struggles to gain lin youchang's personal political interests. this despicable method is very clear to all taiwanese people.

keelung youth representative lin tinghan also pointed out that the "recall liang" group wrote 13 reasons for recall in a video game style, but there was no focus throughout the article. the reasons were just for show, which was the result of drawing the target first and then shooting the arrow. what's more ridiculous is that the recall has been prepared for more than a year, and now there is only one month left before the vote. the "recall liang" group's reasons for recall are completely incomplete, and many columns say "the information is still being sorted out." he emphasized that many young people in keelung have seen that xie guoliang has recently suffered a lot of malicious stalking, harassment, and malicious attacks on his personality because of the recall case. this move is completely unhelpful to the good development of keelung society. "this is no longer a recall case, but a political bullying." he called on everyone to be firm and brave to vote against it on october 13.(text and photos by lin jingxian, a reporter of strait herald stationed in taiwan)