Shen Boyang advocated one debate per week for 7 weeks before the election, but Jiang Wanan continued to jump to "leaving it to staff for consultation"

The progress of the Taipei mayoral election debate has attracted national attention. Democratic Progressive Party candidate Shen Boyang (right) advocated increasing the number of debates. Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan (left) responded by saying that "the agreement has been signed, both parties have reached a consensus, and it will be left to the staff for continued negotiation."

The progress of the Taipei mayoral election debate has attracted national attention. Democratic Progressive Party candidate Shen Boyang advocates increasing the number of debates, and even hopes to have "one debate a week" seven weeks before the election. He also hopes to include cross-examination to allow voters to directly examine the policies of both parties. Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan has always demonstrated his "stuck needle" skills when faced with questions from all walks of life about "why he favors the blue-leaning media" and "avoided many invitations to debates." When he was interviewed earlier, he continued to repeat his old tune when faced with media inquiries, pushing all issues to his staff, constantly using the standard slogans such as "The agreement has been signed, both parties have reached a consensus, and the staff will continue to negotiate."

In response to Shen Boyang's suggestion that the debate would include cross-examination and increase the number of events, Jiang Wanan said in an earlier interview: "I have signed a consent form to participate in the debate, and I and my opponent Shen Boyang have reached a preliminary consensus. As for details such as cross-examination, the number of times, and the hosting method, the staff teams of both parties will continue to negotiate. There have been debates in the past elections, and I will definitely participate."

On the other hand, Jiang Wanan was originally scheduled to attend the opening event of the InterContinental Hotel in Taipei this morning and give a speech in English, but it was canceled at the last minute, triggering external associations with past controversies over English proficiency. When asked by the media whether the event was canceled because of the "all-English speech", Jiang Wanan smiled and replied, "Of course not" because there were major municipal announcements in the morning.