Criticizing Su Qiaohui for being absent from the vote to waive health insurance premiums for the elderly. Li Sichuan: The Executive Yuan will use the ballot to teach a lesson if it does not countersign.

Li Sichuan, the New Taipei City mayoral candidate of the Kuomintang, hopes that the Executive Yuan and his opponent Su Qiaohui will support the exemption of health insurance premiums for the elderly. (Photo by reporter Weng Yuhuang)

KMT New Taipei mayor candidate Li Sichuan went to Futai Market in Taishan District to sweep the streets on the 4th. He was asked about the legislative Yuan opposition group's push to amend the law for exempting the elderly from health insurance premiums. DPP opponent Su Qiaohui, as the current legislator, was absent during the vote. Media reported that the Chief Executive Zhuo Rongtai predicts that he may decide not to countersign this week; Li Sichuan responded that the elders in New Taipei City hope that the health insurance premiums for those over 65 years old will be paid by the state. He hopes that Su Qiaohui can support and Zhuo Rongtai can countersign, otherwise the Executive Yuan will be taught a lesson by voting on the 28th.

Li Sichuan said that the exemption of health insurance premiums for elders over 65 years old is not a welfare, but a care for the elders. He hopes that President Zhuo Rongtai will see the need for elder care, especially in New Taipei City, where there are nearly 800,000 elders. The Executive Yuan cannot counter-sign the bill passed by the Legislative Yuan.

Li Sichuan said that he also wanted to ask Su Qiaohui, "You are now a legislator. If President Zhuo Rongtai does not countersign, do you want to say a word? If not, how about half a sentence? Do your best for the elders of New Taipei City. Come and fight for their care." He also wanted to appeal to all the elders in New Taipei and all the young people who pay health insurance premiums for their elders every month. If the Executive Yuan does not countersign, "we will use our votes to teach the Executive Yuan a lesson on November 28."