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[global times comprehensive report] the democratic progressive party authorities shouted "energy conservation and carbon reduction", but it was revealed that the taiwan "premier"'s official residence consumed up to 20,000 kwh of electricity in two months, and were criticized for "robbing the people to help the officials."

according to taiwan's china times on the 25th, people's party legislator huang kuo-chang revealed that the total electricity consumption of the taiwan "premier"'s residence from june 11 to august 11 this year reached 19,360 kwh, and the electricity bill was nt$153,000 (new taiwan dollars, the same below). he called on "premier" zhuo rongtai to "make it clear and never let the people's money be wasted like this."

zhang qikai, a member of the people's party, also questioned that the electricity bill of the taiwan presidential office has increased by 28%, and the judicial yuan has increased by 60%. "how can they increase electricity prices while increasing their own electricity bills for the whole nation to pay?" he mocked with dissatisfaction, "is the executive yuan using its official residence to mine bitcoin?"

zhuo rongtai argued on the 24th that he had not used the official residence since taking office on may 20, and only held a few meetings in the official residence after the renovation was completed in late june. in late june and early july, he only lived in the official residence two days a week due to the work schedule every other day. "the increase in electricity consumption is indeed abnormal. i will ask someone to check whether there is a problem with the electrical appliances, and i will also review myself and my colleagues in the official residence."

on the 25th, zhang jing, a strategic scholar on the island, wrote that the media questioned whether the high electricity bills in the official residence were reasonable, and whether the officials lived there had nothing to do with it. trying to distance themselves from the matter by saying that they had "never lived there" was simply shirking responsibility. the article said that since the officials had not lived in the official residence, the water and electricity in the official residence should be stopped. otherwise, using the name of the official residence to make other expenses would not only be a misuse of public funds, but also a violation of regulations. zhang yuxuan, a media person on the island, criticized the dpp authorities for asking the people to "use electricity wisely at the right time" at the beginning, but now they are "robbing the people to help the officials". the people and vendors are in great distress, but the officials are spending public funds happily. "the air conditioner must have been turned on for the whole month, otherwise how could the electricity bill soar to 150,000 yuan?"

taiwan's united news network commented that zhuo rongtai's official residence consumed dozens of times more electricity than an average small family even though he claimed that he was not living there. netizens speculated that there were three possibilities: one was that electrical appliances consumed electricity; the second was that he secretly mined bitcoin; and the third was that he kept pikachu. no matter which one it was, it proves that the dpp's claim of "energy conservation and carbon reduction" is just a slogan. "the people use their love to generate electricity, and the officials use their energy to spend electricity. in any case, it is the taxpayers who pay the bill." the article said that the dpp's "2025 non-nuclear home" was loud and clear, saying that they did not want nuclear power and would plant electricity everywhere. as a result, the people tightened their belts to save electricity, but the "premier"'s official residence was happy to use electricity, proving once again that "green energy, you can't." (zhang ruo)