
Zhou Yonghong, the chief convener of the Taichung City Council of the Democratic Progressive Party, criticized the Kuomintang Taichung mayoral candidate Jiang Qichen and mayor Lu Xiuyan for tying the elderly health insurance subsidy to election winning or losing and spreading the rumor that "if you don't win, there will be no subsidy." He stressed that He Xinchun has publicly promised to extend the subsidy many times and called for an end to the elders' welfare to push for votes.
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During the Taichung mayoral election, Democratic Progressive Party candidate He Xinchun publicly promised to continue the elderly health insurance subsidy policy if he takes office. Kuomintang candidate Jiang Qichen and current mayor Lu Xiuyan stated at the campaign party that if the election is not won, Taichung will have no elderly health insurance subsidies, and questioned the Democratic Progressive Party group's lack of support for related cases.
The Democratic Progressive Party's Taichung mayoral candidate He Xinchun has publicly promised many times that if he takes office, he will continue to promote the elderly health insurance subsidy policy. The KMT's Taichung mayoral candidate Jiang Qichen and Taichung mayor Lu Xiuyan said at a rally party yesterday (6th), "If we don't win the election, Taichung will "There is no subsidy" and "will it be cut off again?" Lu Xiuyan asked voters to ask the Green Camp Democratic Representative why they did not support it; Taichung City Council Democratic Progressive Party Group Chairman Zhou Yonghong criticized the blatant rumors. He Xinchun had long promised to continue the elderly health insurance subsidy, "Don't use the benefits of the elders to urge votes."
When Jiang Qichen was campaigning in Shalu last night, he used the Executive Yuan's failure to countersign the elderly health insurance subsidy case, saying that "if the election is not won on November 28, there will be no subsidies in Taichung." Zhou Yonghong emphasized that He Xinchun has publicly promised to continue the elderly health insurance subsidy many times, but Jiang Qichen and Lan Ying tied the welfare of the elders to their election winning or losing. "He Xinchun said that the subsidies will continue, but Jiang Qichen said that if he does not win, there will be no subsidies. What is the basis?"
Zhou Yonghong pointed out that He Xinchun’s position on the elderly health insurance subsidy is clear and open, and he has publicly emphasized many times that the elderly health insurance subsidy will continue. As a mayoral candidate, Jiang Qichen should debate the actual policies proposed by his opponents and cannot ignore the public commitments and let the elders mistakenly believe that they will lose the subsidy if they become mayor.
He emphasized that the national law amendment must be clearly distinguished from Taichung City’s existing subsidy policy, and how could the elderly health insurance subsidy implemented by the city government’s budget become nothing if Jiang Qichen won the election? Elders are concerned about whether their health insurance premiums can continue to be subsidized. Candidates should provide correct information, and “don’t use election winning or losing to create unrest.”
Zhou Yonghong pointed out that the elderly health insurance subsidy comes from the public budget paid by citizens. Why does Jiang Qichen pretend that he can only receive it if he is elected? He Xinchun has already promised to continue it, and asked Jiang Qichen to stop "taking the elders' health insurance subsidy to press for votes."

Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan and Democratic Progressive Party candidate Shen Boyang held their first televised debate on October 31. The two sides competed on issues such as urban renewal, childcare, transportation, child safety and food safety. Jiang Wanan emphasized governance experience and achievements, while Shen Boyang used "body temperature" to question whether the numbers reflected the true feelings of citizens, and asked the city government to explain responsibilities and implementation details.

Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan went to the Liaoning Night Market in Zhongshan District last night to ask for votes. When he passed by the "Youyi Cun" dumpling shop, a large number of people crowded in front of the shop and shouted slogans, and the shop was surrounded by critics. Accompanying Kuomintang legislator Wang Hongwei said that the mayor was visiting one store at a time and was not targeting specific stores. He would apologize if he caused trouble to the store owners or made the diners uncomfortable.

On the evening of the 6th, Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan went to the Liaoning Night Market in Zhongshan District to collect votes. When he passed by the "Yuyi Village" dumpling shop, a large number of supporters gathered in front of the shop and shouted slogans. People passing by questioned the mobilization team as a "gangster siege." Jiang Wanan was interviewed on the 7th and denied going on a campaign or bullying. He said he would be embarrassed if it caused trouble to the store, but emphasized that he had never encouraged supporters to go on a campaign, which was a huge misunderstanding.

Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan went to Liaoning night market to sweep the streets on the evening of the 6th. When he passed by the "Yiyi Village" dumpling shop, a large number of supporters surrounded the shop and shouted slogans. He was questioned as a "gangster siege". Jiang Wanan was interviewed on the 7th and denied going to war or bullying, and expressed regret if he caused trouble to the store.

Tong Ziwei, the Keelung mayoral candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party, went to the Anle Market to vote. People enthusiastically took photos and signed autographs. A couple gave him silver ingots to wish him "he will definitely win." He mentioned that former mayor Lin Youchang was about to return to China to run for election, and emphasized that he would showcase Keelung’s characteristics and culture from his own perspective.

Former Taitung County Magistrate Xu Qingyuan visited the campaign headquarters of legislator and Taitung County Magistrate candidate Chen Ying, and was in the same frame as former County Magistrate Chen Jiannian to support Chen Ying. Xu Qingyuan said that he would fully support Chen Ying in "taking over the next step in Taitung" and hoped that Taitung would continue to make progress and move forward steadily. The two former county magistrates transcended past differences stemming from the fierce election campaign in 1997 to forge a common direction for Taitung's future.