In the nine-in-one election of local public officials who voted on the 26th of last month, the elected candidates were sworn in on the 25th, but Zhang Rongrong, who was elected as the mayor of Fuli Township, was absent from the inauguration ceremony.

(File photo, photo by reporter Hua Mengjing)

[Reporter Hua Mengjing/Hualien Report] Local public officials, county magistrates, county councilors, township mayors, and township civic representatives all took office today, but Hualien Fuli Township Mayor Zhang Rongrong, who was elected as the township mayor, disappeared and was absent from the inauguration ceremony of the township mayor. The county government said that it will notify Zhang Rongrong to take the oath again, and if the second oath is not equivalent to the vacancy, the township head by-election can be started. In the evening, Zhang Rongrong himself finally responded. Zhang Rongrong emphasized that "I will not be the head of Fuli Township", which caused doubts from all walks of life. I am deeply sorry.

Zhang Rongrong, the mayor-elect of Fuli Township, announced his withdrawal from the election after the registration was completed. Even so, the supporters who carried the sedan chair insisted on fighting an "election without candidates", even though Zhang Rongrong had already moved his household registration before the election and was no longer in Fuli Township. Zhang ran for the election, but because the election strike law did not have the relevant provisions of "declaring withdrawal after registration", Zhang was still legally elected with the help of a super-strong auxiliary election team.

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Although Zhang Rongrong announced that he would not take office after he was elected on the polling day last month, the county government and the office still have to follow the legal procedures. There was no official response to the Township Office, so the Fuli Township Office still held the swearing-in ceremony as usual today. Since Zhang Rongrong was not present, the ceremony ended hastily, and a "waiting for no one" township head was sworn in, which can be called an anecdote in the history of Taiwan's local autonomy.

In response to concerns from all walks of life, Zhang Rongrong issued a statement in response at night.

Zhang Rongrong said that in response to the concern from all walks of life about whether she will be the head of the township, she once again reiterated that "she will not be the head of Fuli Township."

Zhang Rongrong said that after receiving the official document from the Fuli Township Office, she entrusted a representative to handle it, but because the other party did not know how to handle it, she got back the election subsidy, which caused doubts from all walks of life. She is deeply sorry for this.

She said that she is grateful to every loving villager. She is absolutely unwilling to take money that should not belong to her. The election subsidy totaling 86,220 yuan will be donated to the Fuli Township Office and returned to take care of the villagers. "From everyone's support , it should be returned to everyone", she hopes that in the subsequent by-elections, everyone can continue to maintain the motivation to change, and elect people who really work hard for Fuli!

The Fuli Township Office held the inauguration ceremony of the mayor today, but the heroine Zhang Rongrong did not come. In the evening, Zhang Rongrong finally responded, emphasizing again that she would not come back to be the mayor.

(Photo by reporter Hua Mengjing)