To prevent the armed police from monitoring the concert, Lai Ruilong and Ke Zhien choked each other, "Say one thing and do another."

President Ke Zhien criticized Lai Ruilong for pushing for a direct flight from Kaohsiung to Beijing in the past and the United Front this time. Lai Cai really "says one thing and does another." (Photo taken from Ke Zhien’s Facebook)

During the 2016 questioning, Kuomintang Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Ko Chi-en interpreted the surveillance of China concerts by armed police as "the glory of singers"! Lai Ruilong criticized Ko for "saying one thing and doing another." Ke Chi-en's campaign headquarters countered that Lai Ruilong had pushed for a direct flight from Kaohsiung to Beijing in the past and this time, Lai was really "saying one thing and doing another."

Green Camp uncovered the content of Ke Zhien's 2016 question. She once regarded the surveillance of China's concerts by armed police as "the honor of a singer", which contrasted with the current campaign strategy; Lai Ruilong criticized Ke Zhien for "saying one thing and doing another". The remarks made in the past legislators' questions were inconsistent with the current stance of fighting for the concert economy. Ke Zhien's camp clarified that the remarks were taken out of context and deliberately hyped.

Ko Chi-en's bid later pointed out that when Lai Ruilong was an official of the Kaohsiung City Government, he not only went to mainland China to participate in the "Straits Forum" and communicated with senior members of the Chinese Communist Party, but also publicly promoted direct flights between Kaohsiung and Beijing. When he was the Ocean Director, he also actively promoted cross-strait cooperation in the yacht and cruise industries. Now, in turn, he has set the Straits Forum as a united front platform. If he wants to talk about "saying one thing and doing another", Lai Ruilong is probably the least qualified to criticize others.

Ke Jingban questioned, since Lai Ruilong believes that the Straits Forum is a united front, should he also explain clearly to the citizens of Kaohsiung why he participated in it? Since he believed that cross-strait exchanges could be a united front, why did he go to Beijing to fight for more direct flights when he was the information director? When you served as Director of Ocean Affairs, did you make greater efforts to promote cross-Strait cooperation on yachts and cruise ships?

Ke Jingban emphasized that the core of Ke Zhien's promotion of "concert economy" is to create more urban development opportunities in Kaohsiung through the linkage of music, culture, tourism and urban industries; Lai Ruilong could not propose relevant policies, and would only talk about Mayor Chen Qimai saying "take over and continue" all day long, without having any central idea of ​​his own.

Ke Jingban criticized the person who really said one thing and did another, not Ke Zhien, but Lai Ruilong; what Kaohsiung citizens want to see is not political rhetoric, but whether the candidates can use the same set of standards to examine themselves, and stop performing the bad drama of "green can but not".