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Back"Kaohsiung Mayor Debate" joint interview after the meeting Ke Zhien: The reason for not writing the script was because of emotion, but because he wanted to make the slander clear.
"Kaohsiung Mayor Debate" joint interview after the meeting Ke Zhien: The reason for not writing the script was because of emotion, but because he wanted to make the slander clear.
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"Kaohsiung Mayor Debate" joint interview after the meeting Ke Zhien: The reason for not writing the script was because of emotion, but because he wanted to make the slander clear.

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  • After the first debate of the Kaohsiung mayoral election, candidate Ke Zhien performed unscripted when explaining his conclusions during the interview.
  • This was because time was limited and he needed to clarify his opponent's smear campaign.
  • She criticized her opponent Lai Ruilong for dodging core issues such as political donations, and said that performance scores were left to the citizens to judge.

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The first debate of the Kaohsiung mayoral election has ended. The candidates responded to their performance in the debate and their opponents' remarks.

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After the first debate in the Kaohsiung mayoral election, Ke Zhien accepted a joint interview with the media and said that he performed the last paragraph of the conclusion without script because he wanted to make clear his opponent's wrong information and smear campaign.

After the first debate in the Kaohsiung mayoral election, Ke Zhien accepted a joint interview with the media and said that he performed off-script during the last paragraph of the conclusion. It was not because he was emotional, but because he only had 10 minutes to make it clear about his opponent's wrong information and slander. However, time was limited, so he acted very urgently and spoke very quickly.

Ke Zhien said that it is rare to be able to say what he wants to say and ask questions in front of the people of the country, but his opponents continue to slander him and tell many untrue rumors. Due to limited time, he will perform unscripted performances. When Lai Ruilong faces questions about political donations, he will only say that he is legal and completely avoid the core issues. He simply "asks A and answers" and dodges questions.

As for the performance of tonight's debate, Ke Zhi'en did not give scores to himself or his opponents. He believed that the scores would be left to the citizens and he would not comment.

Open Questions

  • What are the specific evaluations of the public's performance in the debate?

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