Hsinchu and Xinpuli’s long-hair pension fund contains campaign souvenirs and cakes, sparking controversy and being accused of violating administrative neutrality

Wu Guixiang, the head of Xinmin District, Xinpu Town, Hsinchu County, forwarded the Double Ninth Festival gift to the elderly for the office, but at the same time, she also sent handmade cakes from herself, and also sent campaign souvenirs from the blue camp candidate Xu Xinying, whom she supported, to the elders in the district. She was accused of violating administrative neutrality. In response to this, she said in a telephone interview that the district manager also had off-duty get off work, and that she was not a public servant, so she did not violate administrative neutrality.

The Hsinchu County Election Committee slapped Wu Guixiang in the face and said that the village chief is a public servant in the broad sense. Even if the district chief is off duty, he must maintain administrative neutrality when performing his duties. The gift money for the elderly is being sent to the town office entrusted with the title of mayor. The election committee has repeatedly issued instructions that even if election bulletins and voting notices are distributed, not only should they not include any slogans and materials related to the candidates, but also materials and materials from other activities are not suitable.

Chen Yinglou, the mayor of Xinpu, said that there are more than 2,000 elders over 80 years old in the town, and the government assisted the district chiefs in distributing the gift money without any other items. He was not aware of Wu Guixiang's actions in advance.

Wu Guixiang, who is not a party member, said that the cake was made by a local resident. The cake was divided into half and cut into 18 pieces for her. She kindly cut more than 70 pieces to share with the elders, but only more than 30 pieces were actually given out, and only one piece was suspected to be moldy. Her husband tried to eat the cake that was accused of being moldy in order to prove that it was food safe, and left the rest to be submitted to doubters for testing.

Wu Guixiang emphasized that she was not a public servant, and the district chief also had off-duty get off work. She supports the Blue Army. KMT candidates usually ask her to distribute campaign souvenirs to the people in the area. She then forwards these campaign souvenirs as gifts for the elderly, along with the aforementioned cake. What's wrong with that?

Wu Guixiang once caused a black box controversy at the Autumn Festival Gala in 2022 because she held multiple lottery tickets and won consecutive prizes. This time, she once again ignited the topic by forwarding the elderly gift money with the aforementioned controversial cake.