Kuomintang Keelung mayoral candidate Xie Guoliang and Democratic Progressive Party Keelung mayoral candidate Tong Ziwei, who are seeking re-election, will go to Taipei today (10th) to participate in a live online debate hosted by the online media Convergence News Network. Xie Guoliang said that he was very happy. He took the initiative to invite this debate. He was very grateful to the host Huang Guangqin for facilitating this event, and also thanked his opponent Tong Ziwei for his willingness to participate in the event. This is the first live online debate since the election of Keelung Mayor. Through the debate, the public will understand the differences between the two sides in public policies, including the Keelung MRT.
Accompanied by Keelung City Vice Mayor Qiu Peilin, Kuomintang Keelung City Legislator Lin Peixiang and others, Xie Guoliang entered the debate venue of Taipei City Convergence News Network today and accepted repeated interviews from media reporters at 11 o'clock. The debate was hosted by Convergence News Network. The debate was divided into four stages: political opinions, cross-examination, media questions and conclusions. The time was from 12 noon to 1:20 p.m. on the 10th, and the whole process was 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Xie Guoliang said that he is really happy today. He has hoped to invite his opponents to participate in municipal debates since the 2022 Huang Guangqin Festival program, because he has always believed that Keelung’s municipal government still needs to be debated to let voters know more about it. This time, he was also the first to take the initiative to invite on Huang Guangqin's program. He would like to thank Convergence News Network, Huang Guangqin, and Speaker Tong for their joint efforts in making this event happen.
Xie Guoliang, according to his understanding, this is the first time in history that the Keelung mayoral debate will be broadcast live. This year there are only Taipei mayoral election debates and Kaohsiung mayoral election debates. This Keelung debate is the third one, and he is full of expectations. The reason why the debate was held in the first place was that the two sides had many different opinions and views on the Keelung MRT. He hoped that through the debate, public policy could be differentiated and the public could understand it. He was very happy and thanked Sister Pei Lin and legislator Lin Peixiang for accompanying him in this debate.
The reporter asked about the two debates in Taipei and Kaohsiung, which caused widespread public discussion. Does Mayor Xie feel that there will be pressure on you? Xie Guoliang said that pressure is of course inevitable, but the point is that it is very important for him to promote this, and he has always wanted to promote it, so he will not be too sharp during the debate. He still believes that it is more important to focus on clarifying public policies, so he feels very happy to facilitate the first live broadcast debate today.
The reporter asked if you were participating in the live online debate today. Did you bring any lucky items? Xie Guoliang said that his daughter cheered for him. She kept shouting "Xie Guoliang was elected with a high vote!" This is also the most commonly heard slogan at home recently. He was very happy to be accompanied by his family. The most important thing was to have two heavyweight comrades, Qiu Peilin and Lin Peixiang, accompanying him. It was like taking two reassurances. He is not nervous. In fact, he is very happy to facilitate it. He feels that the key point is to talk about what he wants to do and build. He believes that his opponent, Speaker Tong, will also talk about the construction he wants to do. Then he also has questions on public issues to ask Speaker Tong and ask Speaker Tong to answer, so he feels very good, and it is also the first time in Keelung's history. He cherishes it very much and is looking forward to it.
