Four years ago, she scolded Songji for relocation, but now she has made a U-turn. Wang Hongwei insists: The time and space background is different.

KMT legislator Wang Hongwei. (File photo)

First published 00:08

Update time 05:58

On Thursday (8th), Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan suddenly expressed his political opinion on the relocation of Songshan Airport, and Kuomintang legislator Wang Hongwei jumped out to express his support. Ironically, Wu Yinong, currently a member of the "National Defense Resilience Committee" of the Presidential Office and deputy chairman of the Shen Boyang Campaign, also proposed the same political opinion about four years ago. At that time, Wang Hongwei vigorously attacked it, but now he has made a U-turn and was criticized by netizens for "double standards." Wang Hongwei also responded to this, arguing that "the time and space background is different."

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In 2022, as Jiang Wanan was elected mayor of Taipei, Taipei City’s third district (Zhongshan and Beisongshan) held a legislative by-election, with blue and green sending Wang Hongwei and Wu Yinong to run against each other respectively. At that time, Wu Yinong proposed relocating Songshan Airport in 2030 and opening a park in the entire district. Wang Hongwei went into full fire. She angrily criticized Wu Yinong on her Facebook fan page and in interviews with the media for "ignoring national security," "ignoring basic common sense," and "talking on paper and talking empty words."

Now that Jiang Wanan has proposed relocating loose machines to free up about 300 hectares of land to build the "Taipei AI Park", Wang Hongwei posted a post on Facebook praising Jiang Wanan for making "the impossible possible" for Taipei and "changes in Taipei City are fermenting." As soon as the post came out, a large number of netizens poured in to criticize the double standards, "But you said it can't be done in 2022", "Didn't you say it can't be done in 2022? Are you a slap in the face in 2022?", "In 2022 you said that Songshan Airport will be relocated. I didn’t consider the national security issue, have you considered it now?”, “Slapping yourself in the face is the best thing”, “You really like to slap yourself in the face”, “So what has the mayor of Taipei done in the past four years to change the conditions?”

According to comprehensive media reports, Wang Hongwei admitted in an interview after attending Jiang Wanan's press conference today that she opposed Wu Yinong's proposed relocation of the airport 4 years ago. However, there have been many changes in Taipei during this time, especially Huida's settlement in Taipei, Taipei's decision to develop an AI competitive city, and Taoyuan Airport's third terminal.

As soon as these words came out, even the pro-blue media reposted his speech, and many netizens left harsh comments, "Even the early political opinions of the Democratic Progressive Party were copied for the sake of the election", "Wan'an is now improvising, people must not be arrogant, it is easy to make mistakes", "The words of politicians are like crossroads" "You can use your mouth and turn around if necessary", "Commissioner Wang makes good use of time and space", "Translation: Blue can be used but green can't be used", "You can use an article from 12 years ago to criticize someone for being a drug addict, and then say that the time and space background of what you said 4 years ago is different. Isn't this a double standard? What is a double standard?"