
Chen Yixin: Jiang Wanan asked about 30 questions, and Shen Boyang only answered about 6 questions directly, avoiding talking about specific municipal issues.
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In the Taipei mayoral televised debate on October 31, Chen Yixin, chairman of the KMT Cultural Affairs Bureau, questioned the KMT candidate Shen Boyang for avoiding specific municipal issues based on preliminary question-by-question statistics from four rounds of cross-examination.
In response to the Taipei mayor's televised debate on October 31, Chen Yixin, chairman of the KMT's Cultural Communication Committee, pointed out that according to preliminary question-by-question statistics from the four rounds of cross-examination, Chiang Wanan asked a total of about 30 questions, and Shen Boyang only answered directly about 6 questions, with a direct answer rate of only 20%. Chen Yixin criticized that when faced with Jiang Wanan's specific questions, Shen Boyang could not even "ask A and answer B". Instead, he skipped directly and did not read back. He did not even dare to face the questions in the debate. Why should he be the mayor of Taipei?
Chen Yixin pointed out that when Jiang Wanan asked about the obstacles in the 12-mile inner lake and the flight height limit of Songshan Airport, Shen Boyang avoided talking about it; when he asked about how many parking lots and parking spaces were under the Citizen Avenue viaduct, and how the road space was allocated, Shen Boyang could not give specific figures; when he asked about how many nannies are needed for free day care and how many teachers are needed for the dual tutor system, Shen Boyang was also unclear. These are the most basic questions in municipal implementation, but Shen Boyang can only talk about ideas and cannot come up with practical answers.
Chen Yixin said that the most outrageous thing was that Jiang Wanan raised nine items of Shen Boyang's past political remarks for the third time in a row, asking him to explain them one by one. Shen Boyang did not answer most of the questions directly, and even asked Jiang Wanan why he was so interested in his past. Don't politicians have to be responsible to voters for what they have said in the past?
Chen Yixin emphasized that the mayor is not a famous speaker on political commentaries. He cannot just talk nice words, let alone dodge specific problems. The mayor of Taipei faces complex municipal problems every day. If he skips the questions asked during the debate, will he have to read all the petitions and parliamentary inquiries in the future without replying?
Chen Yixin criticized Jiang Wanan for asking about municipal affairs, while Shen Boyang was hiding from responsibility. Asking A and answering B is outrageous enough, but Shen Boyang didn't even answer B, and couldn't even read the answer! This kind of attitude that is afraid to face problems and is unwilling to be tested is not qualified to serve as the mayor of Taipei.
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