Legislative Yuan Han Guoyu attended the National Day Ceremony today. In his speech, he pointed out that last year's general recall and the Executive Yuan's failure to countersign the bill passed on the third reading by Congress had caused cracks in Taiwan's democratic wall. President Lai Ching-te has no way to resolve the opposition between the legislative and executive chambers in office, and his reputation will be seriously damaged in the future. "Our Taiwanese democracy must not be regarded by the world as a fake democracy or a true dictatorship."
Han Guoyu said that this is the year when Taiwan is seen by the world. The wave of artificial intelligence is sweeping the world, and the most critical chips come from Taiwan. The national emblem of this year’s National Day is made of Taiwan’s world-leading chips. Taiwan’s chip semiconductor technology truly dominates the world. The central bank revised this year's economic growth rate upward to 11.48, setting the most impressive record in 40 years.
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Hanguo-yu said that if Sun Yat-sen, the founding father, could travel through time and space today and see today's Republic of China and today's Taiwan, he would be proud of the achievements we have worked hard to create; I believe that the founding father will also remind us that the revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still have to work hard. Everything we have today is not taken for granted. The democracy, freedom, prosperity, and stability we cherish need to be taken over and protected by generation after generation.
Han Guoyu said that this year, as the Legislative Yuan, he has been reminding himself that he cannot live up to the trust of the people. He has accompanied legislators from different parties on visits to various countries around the world. Members of Congress in many countries have a high degree of interest in and favorable impressions of Taiwan. This (referring to congressional diplomacy) allows the voice of the Republic of China to be truly heard around the world.
Hanguo-yu said that the repeated congressional diplomacy convinced him that domestically, we can have different political party opinions, different propositions and debates, because this is democracy. Once we go abroad, we are no longer a political party and do not represent any political position. We only have one common name, which is Taiwan, and we have a country that we jointly protect. "Isn't it called the Republic of China?"
Han Guoyu said that today, National Day, let us make three wishes. The first wish is that Taiwan is safe. There must be no war in Taiwan, so the first wish is to maintain the security of Taiwan. However, the people of Taiwan are very confused now. As the Legislative Yuan, he is often worried. The small island of Taiwan has different ideas. Some Taiwanese want to turn Taiwan into the 51st state of the United States, the fifth largest island of Japan, or the 31st province of China. "Our thoughts are so chaotic, please all party leaders must not add fuel to the fire."
Han Guoyu emphasized that in terms of national identity and ideology, we have only one goal to resolve all differences, concentrate all our forces, and defend the Republic of China together, okay? As leaders of political parties and important decision-makers and supervisors of the country, we know very well that without security and without everything, there will be no eggs left in the nest. Therefore, under any circumstances, Taiwan's security must always come first.
Han Guoyu named Taiwan's four security goals, two to maintain and two to protect. First, defend and protect the Republic of China with all our strength; second, protect our democracy and freedom; third, maintain U.S.-Taiwan relations. Some people like the United States and some don't, but U.S. support is very important to Taiwan, so we must maintain the relationship between the United States and Taiwan; fourth, maintain cross-strait peace, whether we like it or not, but we have the same culture and ethnicity. There are 10,000 reasons to protect cross-strait peace, and there is no reason to destroy cross-strait peace. The vast majority of Taiwanese people do not want war, hope to live a peaceful life, and also hope for cross-strait peace.
Hanguo-yu went on to say that his second wish is that "the people will have money." In the first half of this year, our export trade has been booming. We cannot let our economy develop. High-tech is laughing and traditional products are suffering. The government must allow Taiwan's industries to develop in a balanced way.
Hanguo-yu said that the third wish is long live democracy. Today, Taiwan is a wall of democracy, but it cannot be destroyed. Once the entire wall is destroyed, it will fall down. However, we have seen that cracks have occurred in Taiwan’s democracy. Last year, all opposition legislators were dismissed in a general recall. This year, the crisis has occurred again. The executive president did not countersign the legal bill passed by the highest public opinion body of the Republic of China. Teachers who teach the Constitution don’t know how to teach the Constitution until it becomes a negative teaching material for the presidential administration.
Hanguo-yu said that President Lai is a political cleanser. He cherishes his feathers and his reputation. He also dislikes corruption and chaos. However, President Lai has no way to resolve the opposition between the legislative and executive chambers in power, and his reputation will be seriously damaged in the future. "Our Taiwanese democracy must not be regarded by the world as a fake democracy or a true dictatorship. Are you right?"
Hanguo-yu said that he hoped that President Lai and Zhuo Rongtai would calm down. Just like what former President Chen Shui-bian said at the scene, he agreed very much, "Politics will definitely conflict, conflict, compromise, and progress." Executive and legislative bodies have time to have this intention. Everyone sits down, we compromise him, and let Taiwan's legislation progress again. He is confident in the cooperation of Zhuo Rongtai and the opposition parties, and hopes that Taiwan's democracy will continue to progress.
