Taichung mayoral candidates’ public television symposium will be held on 11/17. (Photo by reporter Su Mengjuan)
With 17 days left until the election, the Taichung City Election Committee announced today that a televised debate for Taichung mayoral candidates will be held on November 17. Election Committee Chairman Huang Chongdian pointed out that there will be no cross-examination in the public debate. After the candidates express their political opinions, two social justice figures will ask questions. The questions "will not be given to the candidates in advance." The questions will be answered on the spot. After each candidate expresses his or her opinions, each will give a 5-minute conclusion.
Huang Chongdian said that the 5th mayor, city councilor, district chief of Taichung City and the 4th district mayor and district representative elections of Heping District will be held on November 28. There are three candidates for the mayor election, and the city councilor election is divided into 17 districts. A total of 102 people have completed registration and 101 are qualified to compete for 65 council seats.
The mayoral candidate's political opinion presentation, which is of great concern to all walks of life, is scheduled to take place at 7:00 pm on November 17. Huang Chongdian pointed out that the mayoral candidate's political opinion presentation will be held in the form of a debate. First, each candidate will make a 10-minute political statement, and then two impartial people will ask questions respectively. Each candidate will have 5 minutes to answer each question, and each will give a 5-minute conclusion.
Fengjia Li Shuting and Xingda Yuan Heling asked impromptu questions
A few days ago, TVBS and Sanli News Channel co-organized a televised debate for Taipei mayoral candidates. It was later revealed that the questions asked on the spot had been provided to both camps before the debate, triggering a heated discussion about "leakage"; Huang Chongdian said that there was no televised debate for Taichung mayoral candidates. There is a cross-examination session, in which two impartial persons will ask each question, but the questions will not be provided in advance and will be answered on the spot on the day; the two impartial persons are Li Shuting, vice president of Fengjia University, and Yuan Heling, professor of the Institute of National Policy and Publicity Affairs of National Chung Hsing University.
Huang Chongdian pointed out that in addition to the live broadcast on the Election Committee’s YouTube platform at 7 p.m. on November 17, the mayoral candidates’ television debate will also be rebroadcast on November 24 at 6 p.m.
In addition, Huang Chongdian pointed out that the political speeches of city councilor candidates were recorded in 17 constituencies from November 18 to 20, and were broadcast through the city's five cable TV systems from November 18 to 22, including Taiwan Jiaqing and Datun Cable TV as CH04; Fengmeng, Greater Taichung Digital and Qunjian Cable TV as CH20, which were broadcast once in each constituency.
Huang Chongdian (middle), chairman of the Taichung City Election Committee, pointed out that the public debate for mayoral candidates will be held on 11/17, and Taichung questions will not be given first. (Photo by reporter Su Mengjuan)
