The Taipei mayoral election has attracted much attention. The current mayor Chiang Wanan finally agreed to hold a debate jointly organized by "TVBS" and "Sanli". Today (12th), he sent people to start staff consultations with the Democratic Progressive Party candidate Shen Boyang's camp. The debate is currently blocked due to differences in the "total number of events" and "hosting date". Unexpectedly, the Chiang camp tried to lead the way, claiming that the Shen camp shouted loudly for a debate, but when the negotiations actually came, they ran away. In this regard, Zhou Xuan, the convener of the Shen Boyang Bidding Media Center, tried to restore the truth, but said that he actually expected this move when he saw that the negotiator sent by the Chiang camp was Luo Zhiqiang, a blue committee member.
The teams of Jiang Wanan and Shen Boyang discussed the first TV debate this afternoon with TVBS and Sanli for more than an hour. It is reported that the two sides have reached a consensus on the direction of cross-examination, but the debate venue and first date have not yet been finalized, and follow-up meetings will be arranged. Luo Zhiqiang, who served as the spokesman for Jiang Wanan's bid this time and attended the negotiations on behalf of Jiang Wanan, later claimed that they agreed on the spot with the organizer's plan to hold the event on October 31. On the contrary, Shen Boyang's people failed to confirm and had to go back for instructions. He criticized the Shen camp for constantly asking for debates from the outside, but being unable to make a decision when they arrived at the negotiation site. This was tantamount to "using debates as a tool to call for battle, and then running away from negotiations."
In addition, Luo Zhiqiang mentioned that Shen’s camp asked about the number of debates to be held at the meeting. They believed that the date of the first debate should be finalized first, and the number of subsequent debates can be continued to be discussed, but the confirmation of the date of the first debate should not be delayed. Ye Xiangyuan, another competition director who negotiated on behalf of the Chiang camp, questioned that Shen Boyang had previously stated publicly that the debate had no strings attached, but now the team required confirmation of the total number of games before being willing to confirm the date of the first game, which was inconsistent with previous statements.
The Shen camp stated that the reason for confirming the "total number of sessions" is to facilitate the planning of themes and topics for different sessions. They prefer to hold 4 sessions for in-depth discussions. Today, "Liberty Times", "China Television", "Taiwan TV", "FTV", "Mirror TV" and "China Television" also jointly issued invitations for the second debate. Instead, they hope to do it as soon as possible. It can be held on October 24 next week instead of waiting until October 31.
Seeing that the Chiang camp was trying to influence the situation as soon as the negotiations were over, creating the impression that the Shen camp was delaying the debate, some blue and white fans immediately ridiculed the Shen camp on Threads. Shen Boyang personally responded to the question, emphasizing that he could debate with Chiang Wanan at any time, and the date was not a problem, "I We just need to confirm how many games there are and how to allocate themes. It doesn’t matter if you don’t allocate them. Really, you can do it now!” Zhou Xuan forwarded it earlier and said helplessly, “Seeing that Jiang Wanan’s negotiator suddenly changed to Luo Zhiqiang today, we actually all know what’s going on...”
Zhou Xuan restored the truth. It turned out that during the negotiation process, the Chiang camp did not directly respond to "how many games will be held." After the meeting, his team was interviewed and changed his mind and said that two games were acceptable. However, at almost the same time, Jiang Wanan was interviewed and said, "As usual, there is only one game." "To be honest, there is no way to know at all now. , What is Mayor Jiang Wanan’s attitude? If the negotiation is going to go smoothly, are the negotiators and the coach’s opinions the same? It’s very basic. We are waiting for Jiang Wanan’s team to confirm the attitude at any time. It will be no problem.”
