Lai Ching-tak stood up for Wang Meihui tonight and Zhang Qikai expressed his hope to restart the light rail outside the venue.

Zhang Qikai (middle) led his supporters to shout to President Lai Qingde at the intersection, calling on him to "give us back the Chiayi light rail construction." (Photo by reporter Ding Weijie)

President Lai Qingde attended the founding meeting of the campaign headquarters of DPP Chiayi mayoral candidate Wang Meihui at around 8 o'clock tonight. Chang Kai-kai, the Chiayi mayoral candidate of the People's Party co-sponsored by Blue and White, led his supporters at an intersection about 300 meters away from the venue at around 5 o'clock this evening, calling on Lai Ching-te to "give back the Chiayi light rail construction." He hoped that Lai Ching-te's motorcade would receive a letter of proposal when his motorcade arrived at the venue to respond to issues of concern to citizens.

The Chiayi mayoral election continues to heat up, and the Zhang Kaikai camp continues to pursue the issue of delayed votes for the Chiayi light rail construction promised by the central government. This morning, they held a press conference to ask Lai Qingde "three questions": when will the Chiayi light rail construction start, when will prices stabilize, and will electricity prices rise in January next year. Zhang Qikai originally threatened that he would deliver a love letter to Lai Qingde in person when he came to Jia City to support Wang Meihui.

Wang Meihui’s founding meeting was held at the intersection of Gongming Road and Xinsheng Road at around 5pm. At the same time, Zhang Qikai led his supporters to express their demands in a petition at the intersection of Gongming Road and Weixin Road about 300 meters away from the venue. Zhang Qikai led the crowd in shouting, "Please President Lai Qingde, please give us back the Chiayi light rail construction." In order to prevent accidental incidents from happening, the police deployed officers at the scene to be on standby.

Zhang Qikai said that in order to fight for the construction of Chiayi light rail, Chiayi Mayor Huang Minhui fought face to face with Executive Director Zhuo Rongtai a month ago. Earlier today, after contacting Huang Minhui, he learned the good news that Mayor Huang would sit down with the Executive Yuan to discuss the matter on the 14th of this month. Therefore, he stood at the intersection and made a statement to Lai Qingde and Wang Meihui, saying that he would not enter the Wang Meihui competition venue.

At around 7 o'clock in the evening, after communicating with the police, the Zhang Qikai camp was represented by He Mingxiang, Inspector General of the Jia City Police Department, who accepted Zhang Qikai's petition to President Lai Qingde, and the petition ended peacefully.

Zhang Qikai (middle) said that he hoped that when Lai Qingde's motorcade arrived at the venue, he would receive a letter of advice and respond to issues of concern to the public. (Photo by reporter Ding Weijie)

He Mingxiang (left), Inspector General of the Jiaqing City Police Department, accepts the petition submitted by Zhang Qikai (middle) to President Lai Qingde on behalf of the police. (Provided by Zhang Qikai, General Manager)