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BackBlue committee members jointly attack "What is said is a dustpan, but what is done is not a spoon." He Xinchun's team: the smear campaign has been upgraded to the central government
Blue committee members jointly attack "What is said is a dustpan, but what is done is not a spoon." He Xinchun's team: the smear campaign has been upgraded to the central government
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Blue committee members jointly attack "What is said is a dustpan, but what is done is not a spoon." He Xinchun's team: the smear campaign has been upgraded to the central government

He XinchunXu YuzhenWang Yumin

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  • The Kuomintang group in the Legislative Yuan questioned Green Committee member He Xinchun's absence or opposition to major livelihood bills in the Legislative Yuan.
  • He Xinchun responded by emphasizing that his attitude towards universal cash has not changed, and pointed out that local governments have budgets for elderly health insurance subsidies and should be implemented.

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The Kuomintang group questioned Green Committee member He Xinchun's absence or opposition to major livelihood bills in the Legislative Yuan. He Xinchun denied it and launched a motorcade to sweep the streets to solicit votes.

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Xu Yuzhen, secretary-general of the Kuomintang League of the Legislative Yuan, together with Blue Committee members Wang Yumin and Huang Jianhao, questioned whether He Xinchun, the Taichung mayoral candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party and Green Committee member, was either absent or opposed when major people's livelihood bills were passed, such as the Legislative Yuan's vote on the amendment to the "Elderly Welfare Act" and the vote on universal cash of 10,000 yuan in July last year. Why should Taichung citizens believe this kind of double-standard politician who "talks like a dustpan but does nothing with a spoon"?

He Xinchun rushed to the West District, North District and Nantun District today (9th), accompanied by DPP city council candidates Jiang Zhaoguo, Huang Shouda, Chen Yurong, He Wenhai and Zhang Yaozhong to sweep the streets in a motorcade. He Xinchun said that her position on making cash universal has never changed. Because the Legislative Yuan cannot increase the budget and it is unconstitutional, she did not participate in the vote. After being elected as the mayor of Taichung, cash will be universal.

He Xinchun emphasized that as for the elderly health insurance, it is the central government’s consideration. Taichung City has compiled a budget for elderly health insurance subsidies. Since there is a budget, of course it must be implemented.

Zhou Yonghong, chief convener of the Taichung City Council of the Democratic Progressive Party, said that Wang Yumin's smear campaign against He Xinchun has been escalated to the central government, and the Legislative Yuan caucus held a press conference. From yesterday to today, the matter has been continuously smeared. Frankly speaking, it is a bit baffling.

Zhou Yonghong pointed out that the elderly health insurance subsidy is already being provided in most counties and cities in Taiwan, and is funded by local government finances. Now that the Kuomintang is revising the law, it actually only requires the central government to pay for local financial expenditures. This is strange, because every year, every local county and city government, including the Taichung City Government, has already prepared a budget and has already been doing it, so there is no purpose or meaning to oppose it.

Open Questions

  • How will He Xinchun implement universal cash distribution if he is elected mayor in the future?
  • Follow-up developments in the dispute over the division of labor between central and local governments over elderly health insurance subsidy funds

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He Xinchun
PeopleXu YuzhenWang YuminHuang Jianhao
OrganizationsLegislative Yuan Kuomintang GroupDemocratic Progressive PartyTaichung City GovernmentLegislative Yuan
PlacesTaichung CityWest DistrictNorth DistrictNantun District
TopicsXu YuzhenWang YuminMayor of TaichungElderly Welfare ActUniversal cashKuomintang
This article was originally published by 自由时报.

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