
The two candidates fiercely questioned municipal governance performance in a live online debate
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The Keelung mayoral election held a live online debate. Democratic Progressive Party candidate Tong Ziwei and current mayor Xie Guoliang questioned the performance of municipal governance, involving issues such as the handling of child abuse cases in celebrity kindergartens, statistics on traffic accident rates and illegal cases of civil servants.
Blue-Green Keelung mayoral candidates Xie Guoliang (right) and Tong Ziwei participated in the debate. (Provided by Confluence News Network)
The Keelung mayoral election held a live online debate today. In the second stage, Democratic Progressive Party mayoral candidate Tong Ziwei questioned Mayor Xie Guoliang and the city government's delay and passivity in handling the child abuse case in Keelung's celebrity kindergarten. Xie Guoliang responded that the city government was too late to handle the child abuse case in celebrity kindergarten. He personally convened parent coordination meetings six times to listen to parents' opinions and explain the city's handling attitude and process to parents.
Tong Ziwei questioned Xie Guoliang's claim that Keelung City's traffic accident rate is the lowest in the country, but the number of traffic accident deaths in 2025 will reach 19, an increase of 5 from the previous year. Xie Guoliang is obviously whitewashing the numbers. Xie Guoliang responded that Keelung City's traffic accident rate is the lowest in the country This is the lowest in the country. According to the figures published on the Police Department’s Road Safety website, Keelung City not only has the lowest pedestrian injuries, but also has the lowest accident rate for motorcycles and cars. This is because the city government fully promotes the concept of giving way to pedestrians and improves pedestrian crossing lines so that pedestrians are willing to cooperate in walking on pedestrian crossing lines.
Tong Ziwei questioned that during Xie Guoliang's term, there were many cases of civil servants violating the law and being sentenced. Xie Guoliang countered that before he took office, there were also many civil servants' illegal cases when the DPP was in power. What he could do was to carry out reforms and prevent fraud immediately after the incident occurred.
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