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Kuomintang legislator Weng Xiaoling pushed for the removal of the president's confidential state fees, which led the presidential office to cancel the purchase of Mid-Autumn mooncakes from 37 factories that protect disadvantaged groups, triggering social controversy. Yunlin County Mayor candidate Zhang Jiajun donated one month’s salary to purchase mooncake gift boxes made by disadvantaged groups. A legislator from the Democratic Progressive Party criticized the Kuomintang for "having a great time cutting budgets" and only now repairing the broken network. Taichung Mayor Lu Hsiu-yen has repeatedly spread rumors in public that the Presidential Office has "abandoned its order", triggering strong condemnation from the outside world.
◎ Yu Zezhang
Kuomintang legislator Weng Xiaoling recently accepted an exclusive interview with Wang Qianqiu, host of China Broadcasting News Network's "Qianqiu Wanshi". (Provided by "Qianqiu Wanshi")
Weng Xiaoling, a non-district legislator of the Chinese Kuomintang, insisted on deleting this year's confidential presidential state fees. As a result, the Presidential Office was forced to cancel mooncakes from 37 factories that protect vulnerable groups, triggering public outrage. Weng Xiaoling was interviewed by a radio program a few days ago, but she still said she was proud. Many Blue Camp supporters agreed with her. But when she left and got into a car that seemed to be parked on the sidewalk, the taxi driver honked his horn and opened the window, saying, "Enjoy the privilege!"
Faced with the fact that Weng Xiaoling, a comrade in her own family who often goes off the rails in words and deeds and causes controversy, "the most humble" is like a pig teammate, for those in the same party who want to change tracks and become county mayors, they are absolutely dumb and unable to speak out. Therefore, Yunlin County Mayor candidate and legislator Zhang Jiajun can only announce that he will donate one month's salary to purchase Mid-Autumn moon cakes and gift boxes made by disabled groups, sheltered workshops and disadvantaged social welfare organizations in Yunlin County.
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Yunlin County Mayor candidate and legislator Zhang Jiajun announced that he would donate one month's salary to purchase Mid-Autumn mooncakes and gift boxes made by disability groups, sheltered workshops and disadvantaged social welfare organizations in Yunlin County. (File photo)
In this regard, Zhuang Ruixiong, secretary-general of the Democratic Progressive Party, couldn't help but ridicule that the Chinese Kuomintang "had a great time cutting the budget." Now the candidates for county and city chiefs have begun to mend the broken net. This can be regarded as giving those who originally voted in favor "an opportunity to repent." He called on all Chinese Kuomintang candidates for county and city chiefs to respond quickly. DPP legislator Chen Peiyu also said: "If I had known this, why bother in the first place?"
However, Taichung Mayor Lu Xiuyan has repeatedly used "abandonment" to discredit the Presidential Office, triggering criticism from the outside world. Xie Zhiwei, the representative to the EU and Belgium, also wrote a sarcastic post. At first I heard someone falsely claiming that it was "abandoning the order". I thought for a while that they were talking about "Khitan", but it turned out to be a "ferocious slave" who was making the fake. Senior media person Zhang Yaqin pointed out that the "Three Sons of Lu Mama" legislators Liao Weixiang, Luo Tingwei and Huang Jianhao supported the deletion and freezing of relevant budgets, "You are not an outsider if you cut the bill!"
It stands to reason that as a woman, Weng Xiaoling should be the most sympathetic to disadvantaged groups. However, because of her extreme hatred of the Democratic Progressive Party and President Lai Ching-te, she insisted on freezing the president's state secret fees. After poking a hornet's nest of her own, she still refused to admit her mistake and continued to insist, and she became a public enemy!
As for Lu Xiuyan, who is about to step down as the mayor of Taichung, this time the turmoil was not her fault, but she came to support Weng Xiaoling, and even spread rumors that the Presidential Office had "abandoned the contract" to get herself into trouble, which completely destroyed the "mom mayor" image that she had worked hard to manage for the past eight years. She was completely blinded by the hatred and political calculations of the party, and thought that everyone was blind, so she was smart enough to fabricate rumors of "abandoning the contract" that went against common sense to deceive society.
Taichung Mayor Lu Hsiu-yen came to support Weng Xiaoling during the sheltered-workshop crisis, and even spread rumors that the Presidential Office had "abandoned the order", which made her even more angry. (File photo)
The entire Chinese Kuomintang's "nine-in-one election" this year will probably be completely ruined by the joint operation of two female politicians, Weng Xiaoling and Lu Xiuyan, who pretended to be wise in 1938.
The Democratic Progressive Party announced the ranking of the top 10 worst committee members in Blue and White, with KMT legislator Weng Xiaoling taking the top spot. (Photo provided by the Democratic Progressive Party)
(The author is a civil servant)
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The Supervisory Yuan will launch an investigation into Weng Xiaoling’s deletion and freezing of confidential state funds
Likely · Within weeks
More county and mayor candidates will follow Zhangjia County’s example of donating salary and purchasing mooncakes for disadvantaged groups.
Possible · Within weeks
Lu Xiuyan will face more public questioning and media tracking due to the rumored "abandonment" incident
Very likely · Within days

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