Li Dewei apologized for his remarks that "a dentist is not a doctor" and was criticized for being "insincere".

(File photo, photo by reporter Wang Qianhao)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] The KMT candidate for Taipei mayor Chiang Wan-an's campaign team spokesman and legislator Li Dewei recently criticized the DPP candidate Chen Shizhong for being only a dentist "not even a doctor", causing a public outcry.

Today (25th) evening Li Dewei finally came forward to apologize, but his speech was still criticized by netizens as "insincere" and "I didn't admit my mistake, but I secretly scolded Chen Shizhong by the way."

In response to the provocation of blurting out that "a dentist is not a doctor", Li Dewei posted an apology on Facebook on the evening of the 25th, saying, "Of course a dentist is a doctor, and the doctor's law is very clear.

Then he "restored" the situation on the day of the incident, "At that time, Chen Shizhong pointed out that Jiang Wanan should have experienced the various committees of the Legislative Yuan before he could elect the mayor. I directly pointed out that Chen Shizhong, who had been Minister Weifu, had completely fallacious logic. No, then he can't be the Minister of Weifu. According to Chen Shizhong's own logic, isn't he qualified to be the Minister of Weifu when he was a dentist in the past?"

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Li Dewei declared: "In this interview, I completely followed Chen Shizhong's logic to answer the media interview, highlighting Chen Shizhong's absurdity, but due to media reports, it seems that I think Chen Shizhong is a dentist, not a doctor, so I can't serve as Minister of Health and Welfare. Because this report makes people feel It's not my original intention to feel unhappy, so please bear with me."

Seeing Li Dewei's apology, there are still many netizens who don't pay the bill. "Your apology is not good. That is to say, scold Chen Shizhong again, but you are not wrong." Your logic is messed up, it's definitely not your original intention, please include more. This reason is super easy to use", "It's someone else's fault!"

Shi Shuhua, a well-known dentist, also left a message at the bottom of the article: "The statement that a dentist is not a doctor is self-deprecating to dentists, ignorance to ordinary people, and incompetent and dereliction of duty to legislators!"