Wu Tsung-hsien Refutes "Airborne Candidate" Criticism with Professional Manager Example, Accuses DPP of Double Standards
Kuomintang Yilan County Magistrate candidate Wu Tsung-hsien refuted "airborne candidate" criticism by citing professional manager examples and accused the DPP of "double standards." He expressed concern that the election campaign is focused on slander rather than policy debates.
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(Central News Agency reporter Wang Chao-yu Yilan County 5th report) Regarding external questioning of being an "airborne candidate," Kuomintang Yilan County Magistrate candidate Wu Tsung-hsien today cited the example of multinational company CEOs being professional managers who bring profit to shareholders, and refuted the Democratic Progressive Party's serious double standards.
Wu Tsung-hsien stated in an exclusive interview on China Broadcast News Network's "Chien Chiu Wan Shih" program this morning with host Wang Hsien-chiu that he has been diligently serving in Yilan since 2024. At that time, he had no idea he would run for election. Local gentry repeatedly urged him to run. He originally thought that when an election came, sending someone in to run would be called "airborne," but now it has expanded to anyone not born in Yilan being considered "airborne."
Wu Tsung-hsien said, dare the Democratic Progressive Party criticize President Lai Ching-te for being born in New Taipei City but going to Tainan to serve as mayor, former President Chen Shui-bian for being born in Tainan but going to Taipei to serve as mayor, and Yilan native Chen Chu for going to Kaohsiung to serve as mayor? President Lai, Chen Shui-bian, and Chen Chu can do it, but Wu Tsung-hsien cannot. In the eyes of the Democratic Progressive Party, this is a serious double standard.
Wu Tsung-hsien stated that although he was not born in Yilan, he deeply loves Yilan and proactively offered to serve Yilan and contribute his knowledge. Modern multinational corporations often do not appoint the chairman's child as CEO, but rather professional managers who make the company better and shareholders richer. This is similar to county governance: it is important to let someone capable of promoting reform lead the residents to a better path and benefit the county's citizens.
Regarding the integration of the "Blue-White" forces, and whether it would initially be at a disadvantage, Wu Tsung-hsien said that there is no communication barrier between Yilan County Council Speaker Chang Sheng-te and him. He clearly stated at yesterday's press conference that there have been no problems so far, and both sides have maintained contact, with Chang Sheng-te also demonstrating statesmanship. He believes that elections produced under a democratic system should be about electing the wise and capable, but it seems that now it's all about "playing technicalities," not convincing the public with policy platforms, but rather smearing, fabricating rumors, and causing division.
Speaking of the arms procurement case, Wu Tsung-hsien said that one should not assume that spending more money means being more patriotic, and should not fall into this trap. Arms procurement is not about buying expensive or spending a lot of money to be patriotic. The saddest thing is that Taiwanese people are being divided by interested parties with a "one-cut" approach, where anyone who says not to spend so much money is labeled as selling out Taiwan.
The Democratic Progressive Party Yilan County Magistrate candidate Lin Kuo-chang's campaign office stated that Wu Tsung-hsien's insinuations and labeling against Lin Kuo-chang the day after the KMT-TPP poll victory was regrettable and not the gentlemanly competition originally expected. Yilan's progress requires pragmatic planning, not political conjecture. They hope the election campaign can return to public policy discussions, winning recognition with vision rather than devolving into meaningless political rhetoric. (Editor: Lee Shu-hua) 1150505
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(Central News Agency reporter Wang Chao-yu Yilan County 5th report) Regarding external questioning of being an "airborne candidate," Kuomintang Yilan County Magistrate candidate Wu Tsung-hsien today cited the example of multinational company CEOs being professional managers who bring profit to shareholders, and refuted the Democratic Progressive Party's serious double standards.
Wu Tsung-hsien stated in an exclusive interview on China Broadcast News Network's "Chien Chiu Wan Shih" program this morning with host Wang Hsien-chiu that he has been diligently serving in Yilan since 2024. At that time, he had no idea he would run for election. Local gentry repeatedly urged him to run. He originally thought that when an election came, sending someone in to run would be called "airborne," but now it has expanded to anyone not born in Yilan being considered "airborne."
Wu Tsung-hsien said, dare the Democratic Progressive Party criticize President Lai Ching-te for being born in New Taipei City but going to Tainan to serve as mayor, former President Chen Shui-bian for being born in Tainan but going to Taipei to serve as mayor, and Yilan native Chen Chu for going to Kaohsiung to serve as mayor? President Lai, Chen Shui-bian, and Chen Chu can do it, but Wu Tsung-hsien cannot. In the eyes of the Democratic Progressive Party, this is a serious double standard.
Wu Tsung-hsien stated that although he was not born in Yilan, he deeply loves Yilan and proactively offered to serve Yilan and contribute his knowledge. Modern multinational corporations often do not appoint the chairman's child as CEO, but rather professional managers who make the company better and shareholders richer. This is similar to county governance: it is important to let someone capable of promoting reform lead the residents to a better path and benefit the county's citizens.
Regarding the integration of the "Blue-White" forces, and whether it would initially be at a disadvantage, Wu Tsung-hsien said that there is no communication barrier between Yilan County Council Speaker Chang Sheng-te and him. He clearly stated at yesterday's press conference that there have been no problems so far, and both sides have maintained contact, with Chang Sheng-te also demonstrating statesmanship. He believes that elections produced under a democratic system should be about electing the wise and capable, but it seems that now it's all about "playing technicalities," not convincing the public with policy platforms, but rather smearing, fabricating rumors, and causing division.
Speaking of the arms procurement case, Wu Tsung-hsien said that one should not assume that spending more money means being more patriotic, and should not fall into this trap. Arms procurement is not about buying expensive or spending a lot of money to be patriotic. The saddest thing is that Taiwanese people are being divided by interested parties with a "one-cut" approach, where anyone who says not to spend so much money is labeled as selling out Taiwan.
The Democratic Progressive Party Yilan County Magistrate candidate Lin Kuo-chang's campaign office stated that Wu Tsung-hsien's insinuations and labeling against Lin Kuo-chang the day after the KMT-TPP poll victory was regrettable and not the gentlemanly competition originally expected. Yilan's progress requires pragmatic planning, not political conjecture. They hope the election campaign can return to public policy discussions, winning recognition with vision rather than devolving into meaningless political rhetoric. (Editor: Lee Shu-hua) 1150505
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