When asked about his unscripted National Day speech at the Keelung platform, Hanguo Yu only said: Thank you.
Legislative President Han Kuo-yu's unscripted speech at the National Day Convention sparked heated debate between the government and the public. When he went to Keelung to attend an event on the 11th, he said that Taiwan's democracy is the treasure of all people and opposed anti-democratic phenomena such as recall and failure to countersign.
Quick Look
- In his speech at the National Day Convention, Legislative Yuan Hanguo-yu criticized the general recall and the Executive Yuan's failure to countersign, which triggered heated discussions.
- When he went to the Keelung City Council candidate's platform on the 11th, he emphasized that Taiwan's democracy is the treasure of all people, criticized the recall of people everywhere as anti-democratic, and called on the government and the opposition to have certain rules of the game and moral standards.
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Why It Matters
Legislative Yuan Hanguo-yu, who is also the chairman of the National Day Preparatory Committee, went off-script during his speech at the National Day Convention, criticizing the wave of recalls in the political arena and the Executive Yuan's failure to countersign and other controversies.
As Chairman of the National Day Preparatory Committee and Legislative Yuan Han Guoyu, he performed off-script when he presided over the National Day Convention yesterday (10th). From a general recall to the Executive Yuan's failure to countersign, Hanguo-yu was unscripted and criticized. Hanguo-yu's words became a hot topic in the government and the public. Han Kuo-yu said in Keelung this afternoon (11th) that Taiwan's democracy is the treasure of all people. No matter how much the ruling party and the opposition party argue or quarrel, there will always be certain rules of the game, certain compromises, and certain moral standards. Taiwan belongs to everyone, and democracy also belongs to everyone.
Han Guoyu attended the tea party held at the campaign headquarters of Keelung City Councilor Li Wenyao of the Taiwan People's Party this afternoon. He said that this was his first time participating in a city council election to help speak out and build momentum. Before Han Kuo-yu gave his speech and was about to leave, the media asked about the topic of the unscripted National Day performance. Han-Kuo-yu only replied "Thank you" and had no other response. No matter when reporters asked if "supporters want him to fight again in 2028," Han did not respond, got in the car and left.
In his speech, Hanguo-yu said that he came to Keelung for the first time in 2024 because Keelung Mayor Xie Guoliang was facing a recall case. He felt strange at the time that Xie Guoliang did a good job and there was no corruption. Hanguo Yu laughed at himself and said, Xie Guoliang did not want to elect the president, so why should he be dismissed? When he came to Keelung in 2025, he wanted to remove KMT legislator Lin Peixiang. At that time, he thought what was going on? How did democratic politics become like this? Is there going to be a campaign to recall council members and district chiefs this year? Democracy really cannot do this.
Hanguo-yu said that Taiwan's democracy is the treasure of all the people. The bricks of Taiwan's democracy have been built brick by brick over decades to build the wall of democracy, allowing so many foreign congressmen from all over the world to visit the Legislative Yuan. He is proud to tell them that Taiwan's democracy is very mature and Taiwan's democracy is great, but his heart is very guilty. Because of these recalls happening everywhere, or not countersigning, the Constitution teacher can no longer teach the Constitution. These are all anti-democracy.
Han Guoyu believes that no matter how much they argue or quarrel between the ruling party and the opposition, there will be certain rules of the game, certain compromises, and certain moral standards. This is what we want to pursue. Taiwan belongs to everyone, and so does democracy.
Open Questions
- What were the specific subsequent reactions from the government and the public to Han Kuo-yu’s unscripted speech?






