Jiang Wanan's bid said he had agreed to the TVBS debate, and Shen Boyang clarified that he would participate unconditionally

People from all walks of life debated Jiang Wanan and Shen Boyang. (File photo, synthesized by this newspaper)

First published 10-05 22:39

Update time 10-06 06:26

The Taipei mayoral election has attracted much attention. Two candidates, blue and green, from all walks of life took the stage to debate and compete. Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan has finally made progress after hesitating for a while. His campaign office revealed yesterday (5th) night that TVBS will coordinate and arrange the debate to trigger discussions.

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Shen Boyang, the Taipei mayoral candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party, has repeatedly made war messages to Chiang Wanan and signed letters of intent from multiple television stations, calling on Mayor Chiang to debate various municipal issues. However, he has not received a positive response. Chiang Wanan has also repeatedly avoided answering or "asking A and answering B" when asked by the media. Until recently, when Shen Boyang's polls started to catch up, the Kuomintang seemed to realize that something was wrong and began to increase the intensity of its political attacks. The Party Central Committee even called on Jiang Wanan to have a public debate with Shen Boyang on drug control issues.

Jiang Wanan finally responded today. News was released in the morning that the two people had signed a consent form for the debate to TVBS as early as September, but Shen Boyang hoped that "green-leaning media" would join in to hold the debate, so the debate has been delayed until now with no progress. When Shen Boyang learned about this, he was dumbfounded and said that he didn't know where this kind of news came from. "I have signed all the media invitations for debates. I have no conditions attached to debating with Mayor Jiang. It is not even a local debate on a TV station. There is no limit on the venue or time. I am OK with it. In short, I hope everyone can discuss municipal affairs together!"

Zhou Xuan: "Dream" that the media betrays its allies

Zhou Xuan jumped out to share his "dream" and broke the news: "A traditional blue media company and a traditional green media company originally signed a strategic alliance agreement to host the Taipei Mayor Debate. Then, this blue media company came to Shen Boyang's team and asked: 'Well, what if Will your family participate in the debate held only by us? "Shen Boyang's team is full of questions. If you want to betray your allies, it is your family's business. Shen Boyang is even on Wang Weizhong's program. He has no objection to any media holding a debate."

On the evening of the 5th, Jiang Wanan Bidding Spokesperson Chen Bohan told the "Central News Agency" that Lianli Media Co., Ltd. (TVBS) had previously invited the invitation, and Mayor Jiang originally responded and agreed. He also thanked Commissioner Shen Boyang for releasing his intention to agree on Facebook, and looked forward to TVBS coordinating and arranging as soon as possible to determine the debate time and related details. They will cooperate closely.