Xie Guoliang and Tong Ziweiming live debate Huang Guochang: It is admirable that the current mayor is willing to debate

Keelung Mayor Hsieh Kuo-liang of the Kuomintang, who is seeking re-election, and Tong Ziwei, the Keelung mayoral candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party, will hold a live online debate at 12 noon tomorrow (10th). Taiwan People's Party Chairman Huang Guochang said in an interview in Keelung today (9th) that Hsieh Kuo-liang, as the current mayor, is willing to openly debate with his opponents, and he admires it very much.

Xie Guoliang said that this debate was initiated by him and was the first candidate debate in the history of Keelung mayoral election. He thought it was very meaningful. I am very pleased to take this opportunity to report to the public the results of the administration over the past four years and the future plans for Keelung, so that the public can have a clearer understanding of the policy proposals of both parties.

Convergence News Network's "Come to Hui at Noon" will host the Keelung Mayor's live online debate at 12 noon on the 10th. Huang Guochang said in an interview that local chiefs are willing to participate in debates and openly exchange municipal opinions, so that citizens can clearly understand the gap between their political philosophies and test their past political performance through public discussions. This is definitely a good thing in a democratic society.

Huang Guochang said that he admired Xie Guoliang, as the current mayor, for his willingness to accept public debates held by his opponents, because so far, many DPP county mayor candidates have arrogantly refused to debate. The Democratic Progressive Party wanted to debate, so it forced Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan to debate all day long. After losing one debate, it began to say that the debate was fake. In the process, it also created rumors to harm the organizer.

In addition, DPP Tainan mayoral candidate Chen Tingfei and DPP Chiayi mayoral candidate Wang Meihui have avoided the debate until now. They also publicly asked DPP chairman Lai Qingde why the DPP’s standards are so strange.

Huang Guochang said that Qiu Chenyuan, the candidate for mayor of Zhubei of the People's Party, generously invited the candidates for mayor of Zhubei proposed by the Kuomintang and the Democratic Progressive Party to debate, but he wondered why the candidates promoted by the two major parties were so afraid of debating with the candidates of the People's Party. Now that he has entered an election, especially for such an important position as chief executive, he believes that it is the common expectation of the vast majority of voters to undergo debate and public testing.