
Democratic Progressive Party Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Lai Ruilong was emotionally unstable at the political meeting, accusing Ke Zhien of the past version of the "Financial Planning Law" proposed when he was the executive director of the KMT think tank, which focused on the north and neglected the south, causing real losses to Kaohsiung of more than 20 billion yuan every year.
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Candidates for mayor of Kaohsiung had a heated exchange of views on the revised version of the "Financial Planning Law" and the allocation ratio at a public political meeting.
Lai Ruilong criticized Ke Zhien who once proposed the Kuomintang version of the "Financial Planning Law" with "Taipei's capital plus 3%" and is still deceiving citizens.
Democratic Progressive Party Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Lai Ruilong's mood fluctuated when he spoke in the second round of the public political meeting today (14th). He explained after the meeting that it was because when Ke Zhien was the CEO of the KMT think tank, she proposed the KMT version of the "Financial Planning Law" with "Taipei's capital plus 3%", but she is still deceiving the public.
The Kuomintang’s version of the fiscal planning law emphasizes the north and neglects the south “Taipei’s capital city adds 3%”
After the public political meeting, the media asked Lai Ruilong, "I have always been in a happy mood in the past elections, but just now in the second round of political speeches, I seem to have some emotional fluctuations. Why?" He said that the most critical reason is still the "Financial Planning Law", because Ke Zhien has never been honest and clear to the citizens, why Kaohsiung should suffer losses. The people of Kaohsiung are completely unacceptable to the "Financial Planning Law" that "emphasizes the north over the south". However, with two weeks left in the election, she is still deceiving the citizens of Kaohsiung.
Lai Ruilong specifically retrieved the original official document, which clearly stated that the Kuomintang version of the "Financial Planning Law" proposed by Ke Zhien when he was the CEO of the KMT think tank mentioned "Taipei capital plus 3%." The official document was written in black and white. This cannot be deceived. He criticized that this was "completely sorry for the people of Kaohsiung." Ke Zhien wants to elect the mayor of Kaohsiung and also elected the mayor of Kaohsiung four years ago. How could he propose such a version? "How could you succumb to the will of Fu Kunqi, Zheng Liwen and the Kuomintang?"
Lai Ruilong criticized that after taking away more than 370 billion, 41.6 billion was given to Taipei and only 24.5 billion was given to Kaohsiung. The ratio is the lowest among the six cities. "Why do you favor Taipei and hurt Kaohsiung?" Ke Zhien is still deceiving the citizens. Her statement is "We have to go together to ask for it from the central government." But after you take away the 370 billion from the central government, where will the central government get the money? The central government’s finances only have so much money. "Ke Zhien forcibly passed the Financial Planning Law and distributed the money to mostly northern counties and cities. Then the southern part of the country was hit hard. How can the people in the southern part and Kaohsiung accept it? But she still wants to be tough, which is hard to accept!"
Regarding the actual losses in Kaohsiung City, the information Lai Ruilong requested from the Kaohsiung City Government showed that the actual losses exceeded 20 billion, ranging from 13.6 billion less for MRT construction, to water conservancy construction, economic construction, and social welfare-related funds. Every one of them was missing. He said, "This is the impact that the amendment of the Financial Planning Law will have on Kaohsiung City. This does not happen every year, but happens every year. It is the most unacceptable point for Kaohsiung people." However, Ke Zhien is still deceiving the citizens and telling lies.

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