The Executive Yuan proposed a NT$607.6 billion supplementary budget for this year. The preliminary review was completed by the Legislative Yuan committee last week. The government and the opposition are scheduled to complete the third reading on November 20. The United Economic Democracy think tank yesterday called on the eight Kuomintang legislators participating in the county and mayor elections to support the Ministry of National Defense’s additional budget so that the national army would have a large number of drones to prevent the People’s Liberation Army from landing. If the additional budget does not pass within 20 days or is cut or frozen, Jiang Qichen and other eight blue committee members should withdraw from the election directly.
"Red Beach" needs drones to protect it, the People's Liberation Army calls for support for additional defense budget
The Economic and Social Alliance think tank held a press conference at the Legislative Yuan on the 9th to analyze eight "red beaches" where the Chinese People's Liberation Army amphibious troops may land on a large scale, including Yilan Toucheng, Zhuangwei to Lize Beach, Hsinchu Nanliao Beach, Taichung Jiana Beach, Yunlin Mailiao Port, Tainan Xishu Beach, Kaohsiung Forest Garden and Xiziwan, Pingtung Jialutang, and Kinmen Guningtou.
Lai Zhongqiang, the convener of the Economic League, pointed out that the "Red Beach" needs drone protection. The eight Kuomintang legislators who are running for county mayor include Yilan County Mayor candidate Wu Zongxian, Hsinchu County Mayor candidate Xu Xinying, Taichung Mayor candidate Jiang Qichen, Yunlin County Governor candidate Zhang Jiajun, Tainan Mayor candidate Xie Longjie, Kaohsiung Mayor candidate Ke Zhien, Pingtung County Governor candidate Su Qingquan, and Kinmen County Governor candidate Chen Yuzhen must "highly support" the 145.7 billion yuan defense budget.
Ji Dongyun, chairman of the Taiwan Security Development Association, said that the NT$145.7 billion additional defense budget covers important projects such as drones, unmanned boats, tactical intelligence integration, drone systems, ammunition replenishment, and officer and soldier treatment. What is worrying is that the deletion and freezing proposals that have been sent to the hospital for processing actually include very important military-building projects for the national army.
Ji Dongyun questioned that People's Party legislator Liu Shubin proposed to reduce the drone procurement budget by 55%. More than 800 million yuan, KMT legislator Huang Jianbin proposed to deduct the entire budget of the Taiwan Tactical Network Cross-domain Intelligence Integration Project. 900 million, and even proposed to reduce the troop awareness application suite by more than 200 million yuan and freeze 10 million yuan, and even proposed to freeze the general weapons and combat readiness support equipment budget by 500 million yuan.
After compilation by Minlian, Huang Jianbin also froze the budget of 300 million yuan for smart vertical take-off and landing drones, 100 million yuan for portable drone countermeasures systems, 100 million yuan for four types of drones, and 100 million yuan for the second-generation maritime search and tactical drone surveillance system. Five hundred million yuan. In total, three cases were removed from the first round of review and 66 cases were removed. 700 million yuan, freezing six cases and ten cases. 600 million yuan is reserved for processing by the House of Representatives, and during the second round of party group negotiations, new proposals for deletion and freezing can still be added.
Lai Zhongqiang criticized that the People's Liberation Army has expanded its combat capabilities across the sea to attack Taiwan. To deter the People's Liberation Army from landing, a large number of drones are needed, and the additional budget must be passed. If November 20 fails or is significantly cut or frozen, it means that these eight KMT legislators do not support protecting their homeland and should withdraw from the election directly. They are not qualified to serve as county and city defense commanders and will be cast aside by the people.
