Lai Qingde hopes that Congress will review the budget. Huang Guochang: Always think about giving money and ignore Xu Jiaqing’s abuse of power.

Today is National Day. People’s Party Chairman Huang Guochang led 8 People’s Party legislators to attend the National Day Convention this morning (10th). In response to President Lai Ching-te's appeal to the Legislative Yuan to review the budget as soon as possible at the National Day Gala yesterday, Huang Guochang said directly that in democratic constitutional countries in the world, no executive power enjoys the same imperial privileges as Lai Ching-te and Executive President Zhuo Rongtai. They fail to announce the law passed by the Congress on the third reading in accordance with the law. They also ignore the corrupt behavior of Xu Jiaqing, the former chairman of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council, and even use information gaps to make people think that the Legislative Yuan deliberately fails to pass the budget.

Huang Guochang attended the National Day ceremony this morning together with People's Party legislators Qiu Huiyi, Cai Chunsi, Chen Zhaozi, Hong Yuxiang, Chen Qinglong, Liu Shubin, Wang Anxiang and Xu Zhongxin.

After entering the venue, Huang Guochang said in an interview with the media that today is the 113th National Day of the Republic of China. The People's Party will always put the interests of the country before the interests of the party. He is very happy to accompany the eight legislators to attend the National Day ceremony. The country’s birthday should be a moment to unite the people across the country. A few days ago, the People’s Party also formally proposed 6 specific suggestions to President Lai. We look forward to hearing President Lai’s response today.

Huang Guochang said that abiding by the Constitution and promulgating the laws passed on the third reading of the Legislative Yuan and solving problems such as wealth inequality, high housing prices, and high commodity prices cannot be answered with cold economic growth figures. The People's Party also expects President Lai to fulfill his promise during the campaign to build 130,000 social housing units, implement residential justice, and allow young people to see a future. I believe everyone expects Lai Qingde to respond to these issues.

In response to President Lai Qingde's call at the National Day Gala yesterday for the government and the opposition to review the budget as soon as possible, Huang Guochang said that President Lai himself has been a legislator and should be very clear about the procedures of the Legislative Yuan. Now the Legislative Yuan has not even started operating committees. Making such demands at this time is a bit taking advantage of the information gap to make people think that the Legislative Yuan deliberately does not pass the budget. This is not an objective fact.

Huang Guochang also pointed out that the total central budget for next year has reached nearly 3 trillion yuan. The People's Party will never tolerate corruption and waste. President Lai cannot always think about giving money quickly and ignore the corruption and abuse of power by Xu Jiaqing, the former chairman of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Council. More importantly, In a democratic and constitutional country, no executive power enjoys imperial privileges like Lai Ching-te and Zhuo Rongtai. They do not abide by, implement or announce the laws passed by the National Assembly on the third reading, trampling on Taiwan's democratic constitution. I hope President Lai will think twice and make an announcement as soon as possible in accordance with the law.