Wang Wanyu, Legislator of Times Power, accompanied Peng Shengshao, deputy executive director of the New Taipei Party Department of Simili, to the New Taipei District Court this afternoon to file a lawsuit against Huang Junzhe, the city councilor-elect, for invalid election.

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[Reporter Que Jinglun/New Taipei Report] The 2022 nine-in-one general election ended at the end of last month. Many candidates in various counties and cities have recently been sued for invalid election by the prosecutors and police because of bribery by themselves or members of the campaign team. Times Power Legislative Councilor Wang Wanyu accompanied Peng Shengshao, deputy executive director of the New Taipei Party Department of Simili, to the New Taipei District Court this afternoon, and filed a lawsuit against Huang Junzhe, the city councilor-elect, for invalid election; Unverifiable misuse of judicial resources

The New Taipei District Prosecutor's Office investigated, and Tang Longhui, director of the service office of Huang Junzhe, the re-elected Banqiao District Councilor of New Taipei City, was suspected of bribery before the election by presenting casserole fish head gift boxes to the chief and neighbors. After the hearing, he and another man surnamed Lin were detained and banned .

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Shi Li legislator Wang Wanyu went to the New Taipei District Court with Peng Shengshao and lawyer Zeng Weikai at 2 pm today. She said in an interview that the power of the times believes that fair and just elections are very important in the process of Taiwan's democratization. The demand for bribery to be clean” will erode democracy and is not beneficial to Taiwan’s development. Once politicians elected by large sums of money gain power, they only think about working hard for their own power and interests , instead of putting the interests of the people at heart.

Wang Wanyu continued that the black gold forces intertwined with money and power continue to exist in politics and continue to control politics, which will hurt everyone's future. In the past, the phenomenon of exchanging money and banknotes for votes has always existed. The District Prosecutor's Office filed many "election invalidation" lawsuits, which clearly shows that Taiwan's democracy still has a lot of room for improvement.

Wang Wanyu accused that today's visit to the New Taipei District Prosecutor's Procuratorate was mainly to file an "invalid election" complaint against Councilor Huang Junzhe. The director of the service office was found to be suspected of using family funds to bribe the election of the neighboring mayor of the constituency and the long-term contract in the district. After the election, Huang Junzhe was still re-elected. Not a happy outcome for Taiwanese democracy.

Peng Shengshao, deputy executive director of Shili New Taipei Party Department, pointed out that how to deepen local democracy and how to implement transparent politics has always been a matter of concern and action for small progressive parties. It was the only group that protested and asked to withdraw from the election. As the most populous area in the six capitals, New Taipei City is also an important city for urban development. There should be a more progressive parliament, more progressive representatives of public opinion, and more clean election competition .

Peng Shengshao said that according to the past election records in Banqiao, there have been many cases of candidate bribery, including Huang Junzhe's bribery in 2011 and Liao Yude's election in 2015, both of which were sued for "invalid election". It is clear that even in New Taipei City, the six capitals of the municipality directly under the central government, the problem of malicious elections is very, very serious. This nine-in-one election is the second time that Huang Junzhe's team bribed elections, and the executors are still the same as last time. Tang Longhui, the director of the service department, highlighted that the past punishment and sentencing were not enough to stop violations of discipline, allowing offenders to repeatedly bribe elections and trample on democracy.

Peng Shengshao emphasized that the significance of the power of the times in society lies in advocating the value of incorruptibility and bravely exposing the shortcomings of local politics. Therefore, today he came to file a lawsuit against Huang Junzhe for "invalid election", hoping to eliminate bribery and correct the electoral style.

In response to the accusation of Times Power holding a press conference, New Taipei City Councilor Huang Junzhe issued a 4-point statement pointing out that the reporter quoted a false report and misplaced a "woman" with the surname Lin as a "man". Even the gender can be wrong, which shows that the facts have not been verified. Putting on a joke?

Please present substantive evidence, please do not abuse and waste judicial resources without verification; as for the case of Lin Nu, Tang Nan and Casserole Fish Head, it has absolutely nothing to do with Huang Junzhe's election.

Huang Junzhe emphasized that Casserole Fish Head did not have any campaign-related promotional materials, business cards, nor any entrustment or entrustment, which is completely different from previous judicial cases; In the end, the parties will be returned to their innocence, which has absolutely nothing to do with Huang Junzhe's election.