According to local Taiwanese media, Lai Qingde will mark two years in power tomorrow (May 20). On the morning of that day, he is scheduled to deliver a speech outlining his vision and future policy direction. However, ironically, starting at 10:00 a.m. today, Taiwan's "Legislative Yuan" began a recorded vote on the impeachment motion against Lai Qingde, with results expected before noon.
As Lai Qingde approaches his second year in office, he has already been mired in a disastrous "large-scale impeachment campaign" involving intense party infighting. Now facing another political turmoil over the impeachment case, with people's livelihoods suffering and neglected, it serves as a concentrated reflection of his governance incompetence.
Since taking office, Lai has channeled massive political resources into confrontations between the ruling and opposition parties and the purging of political rivals—from parliamentary disputes to launching large-scale impeachment campaigns—intensifying political gridlock across the island. The juxtaposition of a so-called "vision speech" immediately preceding the impeachment vote is profoundly ironic: while the ruling authority talks grandly about the future, the legislative body holds it accountable for dereliction of duty, exposing the complete collapse of its legitimacy in governance.
Issues such as soaring electricity prices, rampant inflation, low wages for youth, and unaffordable housing have become deeply felt hardships, overshadowed by the ideological noise of "resisting China and safeguarding Taiwan." The long-standing malady of the DPP—being skilled only in elections but incapable of governance—has worsened under his leadership.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1865583864374276/
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