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Lai Qingde emphasized Yilan’s indicator significance in democratic elections and regarded Lin Guozhang as the primary county and city for its layout. Lin Guozhang's candidacy for county magistrate was aimed at all people, and he received the central government's commitment and support for local development.
President Lai Qingde attended the inauguration meeting of the Xinan campaign headquarters of Yilan County Magistrate candidate Lin Guozhang of the Democratic Progressive Party today (18th). He criticized the continuous chaos in the Legislative Yuan. To stop the Legislative Yuan's unconstitutional and chaotic governance, we must rely on public opinion. This can only be solved if the DPP wins the nine-in-one election at the end of the year. The Yilan County Magistrate election is his first county and city. If Lin Guozhang can win, it will be even more significant.
Lai Qingde said that the Legislative Yuan is constantly chaotic and unconstitutional. Budgets that should be passed are not reviewed and passed. Laws that are harmful to the country and society are passed one by one. Taiwan is a democratic society and a country governed by the rule of law. To prevent the Legislative Yuan from violating the constitution and governing the country, the most important thing is to rely on public opinion. Facing the end of the year election, he made plans very early.
Lai Qingde said that the first county he deployed was Yilan County because Yilan is a holy land of democracy and had a chance to win. He began to inquire whether Yilan County had suitable talents to fight for this election more than a year ago. Everyone recommended Lin Guozhang. However, everyone was worried that Lin would not be willing to run. After several earnest talks with him, he cited former county magistrate Chen Dingnan and others as examples. The county magistrate was a public servant, not an official. Yilan needed someone to shoulder the responsibility, and finally convinced Lin Guozhang to run.
Lai Qingde emphasized that if Lin Guozhang is elected, the central government will actively assist in promoting major construction such as the high-speed rail extension to Yilan, the Yilan Railway Elevated, and the National Highway No. 5 connection to Suhua Reform. Lai Qingde also presented the battle flag to Lin Guozhang and led the Yilan team composed of Democratic Progressive Party candidates to raise their arms and cheer. The sound of "frozen garlic" could be heard in the venue, showing the momentum of winning the election.
Lin Guozhang said that after entering the campaign, he started serving beef one after another, declaring that "all the people are county magistrates, taking care of all the people" to work hard for Yilan, and imploring the villagers to be his "doppelgängers" to canvass votes. Lin Guozhang estimated that more than 6,000 people came to support the event.

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