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The New Taipei City mayoral election is heating up, with blue and green candidates competing over political performance and coordination capabilities.
With 19 days remaining in the New Taipei City mayoral election, Kuomintang candidate Li Sichuan conducted an "inclusive street sweeping campaign" in the Wugu and Taishan areas. Regarding DPP candidate Su Qiaohui's statement that the chief's most important ability is to coordinate and secure resources, Li Sichuan responded that she was actually talking with words and not proving it with actions. He pointed out that, as the Executive Yuan did not countersign the amendment to the "Elderly Welfare Act", Su did not coordinate and did not even say a word. He believed that Su should use actions to prove it to New Taipei City.
Li Sichuan accepted a joint interview with the media before the car sweep. Will he plan to invite others to do car sweeps in other areas of New Taipei in the future? Li Sichuan said that he will still visit District 29 and scan cars. Today is the second car sweep. He will still invite many friends to accompany him to scan cars. The most important thing is to win the support of the public.
Li Sichuan mentioned in the "Chairman's Speech" yesterday that his experience is not available to his opponents, including completing the Taipei Arena and overtaking the Taipei Arena. He asked his opponent Su Qiaohui bluntly, "Do you have this ability?" Su Qiaohui responded today that the most important ability of a leader is to be able to coordinate, secure resources, and put the right people in the right positions.
Li responded that the MRT construction subsidy applied by the New Taipei City Government to the central government was reduced by 5.41 billion yuan, and the central government still has not given it. So Su Qiaohui has coordination skills. He hopes that she can prove it to New Taipei City with actions instead of words, so she should first get the MRT subsidy to the central government. Subsidies will be made in accordance with the original regulations. Especially in the past few weeks, the Executive Yuan has not countersigned the Legislative Yuan's third reading of the "Senior Welfare Act" that exempts seniors from health insurance premiums. She has not coordinated it, and has not even said half a sentence. Therefore, the coordination she talks about is "actually said with words, not demonstrated by actions."
Writer Liao Yuhui recently pointed out that the Taipei garbage truck broadcast "Please support Chiang Wanan in the mayoral election" was clarified by the Taipei City Environmental Protection Bureau as vaccine propaganda. Former National Taiwan University President Guan Zhongmin posted a post on Facebook, demanding an apology. He also mentioned that Su Qiaohui had also spread rumors to smear the broadcast. The media asked Li Sichuan what he thought? Li responded that he believed that there is no need for politicians to smear others. If they do something wrong, they should apologize to others and not be stubborn. This is not a good thing.

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