
In response to the KMT's Yilan County Mayor candidate Wu Zongxian's camp accusing Lin Guozhang of being a faction spokesperson, Lin Guozhang's campaign office issued a statement to counterattack, criticizing the Wu camp's lack of constructive policies and only using smear tactics to conduct elections, and reiterated that Lin Guozhang has not joined any faction and emphasized his public governance philosophy.
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During the Yilan County Magistrate election, a war of words broke out between Kuomintang candidate Wu Zongxian and his opponent Lin Guozhang's camp over their factional background and electoral style.
Regarding the Kuomintang Yilan County Mayor candidate Wu Zongxian's camp, today they once again questioned Lin Guozhang as a new trend political spokesman who "cheated on his appointment." Lin Guozhang's campaign office fired back hard, criticizing Wu Zongxian for promising to fight between gentlemen at the beginning, but now he is unable to propose outstanding policies and can only resort to the old path of smearing.
Office Lin pointed out that according to the picture released by the Wu camp today, vulgar text was placed outside the Kuomintang county party headquarters, trampling on the election style. The standard is regrettably low. May I ask where exactly is the clean election style that Commissioner Wu promised? If you fail to propose construction, you will only throw dirty water on others. Is this the new path you talk about?
The Lin Office stated that Lin Guozhang has already stated that he has not joined any faction and is a "new warm current" who takes care of all the villagers. In fact, Wu Zongxian was the real CCP agent hand-picked by KMT Chairman Cheng Lai-wen to fly in and slash the national budget in the Legislative Yuan. When drones were developed around the world, Wu actually said that this industry would increase the risk of cancer.
The Lin Office stated that Wu Zongxian once made a mistake and said that Yilan was a small place, which completely exposed his contempt and unfamiliarity with the place. As for the idea of "The County Chief Asks You", it originated from when Lin Guozhang was a lawyer and provided legal consultation on the front line of the county government. He was well aware of the desire of the grassroots to communicate directly with the chief, which is completely different from the traditional appointment form.
The Lin Office emphasized that in the past, the appointment with the county magistrate was only to deal with petitions and had been interrupted long ago. After Lin Guozhang took office, it should not only be fully restored but also upgraded, and major county affairs issues should be exposed in the sun. The county magistrate would personally go to the front line to face the villagers' examination and questions. The Wu camp dismissed this as a relic of the past, which completely exposed their lack of understanding of public governance.
Director Lin was bitter, but Wu Zongxian still lived in the era of passively accepting petitions and aloof bureaucrats. Yilan is a holy land of democracy, and the folks are sharp-eyed. They will never accept airborne agents who cannot propose a direction for construction and only slander us. We call on the Wu camp to stop slandering immediately and give the county people a classy election!

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