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The arrangement of the televised debate for the Taipei mayoral election triggered discussions and offenses and defenses among various camps.
The topic of the Taipei Mayor's Televised Debate continues to be discussed. Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan was asked by the media today that he might hold a second or third debate in the future. He nodded and answered "yes." The campaign office of Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang said that Chiang Wanan and his camp's statements about the event "changed every day."
The topic of the Taipei Mayor's Televised Debate continues to be discussed. Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan was asked by the media today that he might hold a second or third debate in the future. He nodded and answered "yes." Taipei mayoral candidate Shen Boyang's campaign office stated that Chiang Wanan and his camp's statements about the events "changed every day." Since Chiang agreed to three debates, Shen's team affirmed the details of the debate. "We are always waiting for Chiang's team to propose a consultation meeting time, and we will discuss it immediately."
The Shen Boyang Bidding Office pointed out that Jiang Wanan relented and agreed to three debates, and Shen Boyang can hold the debates on "October 24, October 31, and November 7." The two sides should be able to negotiate immediately to confirm matters related to each debate, and we look forward to a positive response from Chiang’s team.
In response to Jiang Wanan's statement that "Commissioner Shen actually just regarded the announcement of the debate as an issue," Shen Jingban explained that during yesterday's consultation meeting, Shen's team kept asking representatives of the Chiang camp whether Jiang Wanan's willingness was for one debate or "1+N". They first confirmed the number of debates to facilitate subsequent confirmation of the debate date and details. However, the Chiang camp did not confirm it on the spot. At the same time, Chiang said in a media interview that "we will proceed with the direction of participating in one TV debate." After the consultation meeting, the Chiang camp media said it was "1+1" when interviewed; as of today, Mayor Chiang has agreed to three more meetings.
The Shen Boyang Bidding Office said that despite the day-to-day changes in the Chiang camp’s version of the debate, Shen’s team still affirmed Mayor Chiang’s sincerity and called on the Chiang camp to make relevant contacts as soon as possible to jointly confirm the details of each event.
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The two sides will hold a consultation meeting to discuss the details of the debate
Likely · Within days

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