The Taichung mayoral election debate has temporarily ended, with Jiang Qichen and He Xinchun camps saying their own things

Today's Taichung mayoral debate ended in a temporary breakdown. KMT mayoral candidate Chiang Chi-chen expressed regret and solemnly emphasized that Chiang never shied away from the debate. During the negotiation process, Chiang showed the highest degree of sincerity and always made concessions in order to facilitate the negotiation. The Democratic Progressive Party's mayoral candidate He Xinchun's campaign headquarters stated that He Xinchun has agreed to participate in the media debate and will continue to cooperate and coordinate. However, the main reason for the stalemate was that Jiang's camp insisted on arranging 20 minutes of cross-examination in English during the 90-minute debate, resulting in a situation where both sides said their own things.

Jiang Qichen's campaign headquarters stated that at the coordination meeting held by China Central Television and Mirror TV on October 20, the organizers originally scheduled November 2 to 6 for selection. Jiang's team actively stated that "the sooner the better, and will fully cooperate on November 2 (Monday)." However, He Xinchun's camp stated that "November 2 The itinerary is already scheduled for the 3rd and 3rd, absolutely not allowed." Jiang's team went all out to significantly change the itinerary, freeing up the evening hours on November 4 and 5. Unexpectedly, at the FTV consultation site today, the He camp changed their words and said "November 2 can be cooperated," and even questioned Jiang's team, which fully cooperated with the adjustment of the itinerary.

The Jiang camp also pointed out that Wang Yumin, deputy chairman of the General Assembly, believes that Taichung is facing upgrading and transformation, and the mayor's foreign-related abilities are crucial. The team advocates the addition of cross-examination and foreign language Q&A, purely hoping to test the candidates' international experience and language prowess in the debate.

In this regard, He Xinchun's camp pointed out that according to the records of the FTV Coordination Committee, the main reason for the blockage was Jiang's camp's insistence on arranging 20 minutes of cross-examination in English during the 90-minute debate, requiring both questions and answers to be in English. The He Xinchun camp respects Jiang Qichen's use of English, but should respect the majority of citizens and oppose the mandatory designation of the answering language.

He Xinchun campaign chairman Cai Qichang said that forcing the use of a certain language is discriminatory to a certain extent. Does Jiang Qichen want to punish voters who cannot understand English? Director General Qiu Taisan also emphasized that in the past Taipei and Kaohsiung mayoral elections, or even the presidential election debate, there was no precedent of forcing both sides to conduct 20-minute questions and answers in English.

In addition, He Xinchun's campaign headquarters pointed out that the records of China Television and Mirror TV shows that the He camp stated that there was already a scheduled schedule for November 2 and 3, and suggested that the evening of the 6th would be more suitable. The Jiang camp said that there would be a large-scale campaign on the 6th, and there were activities that needed to be adjusted on the 4th. The final conclusion was that the two parties went back to confirm the arrangements for the 4th or 5th, and the arrangements for the 4th or 5th had not yet been finalized.