Cai Qichang, the mayoral candidate of the Democratic Progressive Party, was interviewed by "Freedom Frontline" to talk about the city's future.

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[Reporter Su Jinfeng/Taichung Report] Regarding Taichung Mayor Lu Xiuyan's statement that he only participates in public debates, Cai Qichang, a candidate for the mayoral election of the DPP, said in an exclusive interview with "Freedom Frontline" that public debates are basically relatively rigid in style and short in time. Unable to speak freely, the number of confrontations between the two sides is limited, so Lu Xiuyan only chose this type, but this idea runs counter to the democratic society and the democratic politics that voters expect.

Cai Qichang recently invited Lu Xiuyan to participate in the debate of the public broadcasting group, but Lu Xiuyan refused on the grounds that he had checked the public debate. In this regard, Cai Qichang said that he did not think that the election was to avoid war, treat the other party coldly, ignore the other party, and then hide, or just Anyway, nothing seems to matter.

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Cai Qichang pointed out that through rational debate, the public can see which person has more vision and more action, but he asked Lu to debate, but she refused.

Cai Qichang said that when Lu was invited to participate in the debate of the public broadcasting group, Lu responded that he only participated in the public debate, which is still a so-called cold treatment. She believes that this will win. This idea runs counter to the democratic society and the democratic politics that voters expect.

He said that the citizens of Taichung have a characteristic, neither blue nor green, blue or green. Taichung City is a very special place and has long been called a "swing state". Chinese citizens have no established ideology and no established blue The green tendency will be seen in every election to see which candidate has predictable political opinions, is more able to solve problems, and is more able to do things.

Cai Qichang said that he must make every Taichung citizen think that Cai Qichang can do things better than Lu Xiuyan. He must give many examples and many proofs to tell everyone that this process of persuasion, this process of discussion and listening is actually this game. The key to winning or losing the election.

He also pointed out that in the past four years, Taichung’s large-scale construction has almost stopped, and many major constructions were planned in the era of Mayor Lin Jialong, so he put forward ten political opinions, such as the MRT Blue Line’s commitment to start construction in four years, and continue to deepen industrial settlements. In the past, the 2.82 million people have dropped to more than 2.7 million to around 2.8 million. More people must not only stay in Taichung, but even be willing to move to Taichung.