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the outside world has been paying attention to the position of the ceo of the "taiwan foundation for democracy", which should have been appointed long ago. today (25th), it was finally announced. han guoyu, the head of taiwan's public opinion agency and chairman of the "taiwan foundation for democracy", personally attended the board meeting. at the meeting, it was decided that the current acting ceo, professor liao daqi of national sun yat-sen university in taiwan, would serve as the ceo, and lu yezhong, a professor of national chengchi university in taiwan who was originally recommended by han guoyu, would serve as the deputy ceo. public opinion on the island believes that the dpp seems to be "blocking lu but not han", but the battlefield extends to the future business of the "foundation". the dpp may not win by making the "foundation" a hot government office.

han kuo-yu also mentioned in a facebook post at noon that it was not until yesterday morning when lin chia-lung, head of taiwan's foreign affairs department, proposed liao da-chi to him as a candidate that "there was an opportunity for change". han kuo-yu admitted that since he took office in february, the selection of the ceo of the taiwan foundation for democracy has always been one of the battlefields for confrontation between the ruling and opposition parties. over the past six months, the ruling party has hoped to find a person of their choice to serve as the ceo. however, in his opinion, it is difficult to find a suitable candidate who is more outstanding than professor lu ye-chung in terms of academic accomplishment, knowledge and experience.

han kuo-yu pointed out that he and liao daqi have known each other for many years. liao daqi was born in a military dependents' village. in the 2020 taiwan regional leader election, he helped him with foreign affairs and benefited a lot. in order to prevent the "foundation" personnel case from continuing to drag on, he was very grateful to lu ye-chung for being willing to serve as deputy ceo. at the end of the post, han kuo-yu also thanked liao daqi and lu ye-chung for their willingness to take on the heavy responsibility and not retreat despite the difficulties.

public opinion on the island pointed out that the personnel of the taiwan foundation for democracy has undergone a major change, and it is said that lin jialong is mediating. since august, lin has frequently invited han kuo-yu to discuss the selection of ceo. the two met yesterday, and lin showed "goodwill". han kuo-yu nodded in the pre-meeting meeting today and agreed that liao daqi will officially take the position, and lu yezhong will "take the position" of deputy ceo. the other two deputy ceos will be nominated by the democratic progressive party. people familiar with the matter believe that this is the greatest common denominator between the blue and green camps.

because han kuo-yu was familiar with liao da-chi to a certain extent, lin chia-lung's coordination resistance was reduced, and the "foundation" personnel case finally ended peacefully. however, public opinion pointed out that from the perspective of "ka lu is ka han", the dpp seemed to have the upper hand, because han kuo-yu had always intended lu ye-chung to be the ceo, and lu also accepted it and talked about his work philosophy in an interview with the media. now that he has to serve as a deputy, lu can only adjust himself.

however, the dpp proposed that liao daqi, who has long been friendly to the blue camp, be appointed as the official position. this is not because they really agree with liao daqi, but because they have to make a second choice to "block han". in other words, if han kuo-yu had always wanted liao daqi to be the ceo, liao would probably not be able to sit in the position of ceo today. everything is just politics.

public opinion on the island believes that it is ridiculous that the dpp is actually "blocking han" and is still arrogant and fighting to the death. today, wu siyao, secretary-general of the dpp caucus of taiwan's public opinion organization, claimed that the dpp did not "block han" at all. but the real situation is that the dpp has extended the "blocking han" battle line all the way to "blocking lu", otherwise lu yezhong would have been the ceo of the "foundation" long ago. and liao daqi only mentioned han kuo-yu after officially taking office, and did not mention lai ching-te. the future operation of the "taiwan foundation for democracy" may also be another battleground between the blue and green camps.(lin jingxian, strait herald reporter in taiwan)