Taipei Mayor Jiang Wanan attended and delivered a speech at the New Year's Day Walk today.

(Photo by reporter Cong Changjin)

[Reporter Cai Sipei/Taipei Report] Today is New Year’s Day in 2023. In the morning, Taipei Mayor Jiang Wan’an first went to the Presidential Palace to participate in the flag-raising ceremony, and then went to the Yuanshan Flower Expo Park to participate in the New Year’s Day walking event, but he did not participate in the New Year’s Day flag-raising ceremony of the Central Party Headquarters of the Kuomintang .

Jiang explained today that the participants were all activities organized by the city government.

The Kuomintang held the New Year's Flag Raising Ceremony in front of the Central Party Headquarters at 8:00 this morning. Former President Ma Ying-jeou, Kuomintang Chairman Zhu Lilun, Kuomintang Vice Chairman Lian Shengwen and others were all present. However, Jiang Wan'an did not attend. New Year's Day walking activities.

Jiang emphasized in his speech that he was very happy to participate in the walking with the citizens of Taipei on the first day of 2023, spend time with the citizens, and even shouted that he would complete the walk.

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Jiang Wanan was also asked today whether he would be questioned about abandoning the Kuomintang if he did not participate in the flag-raising activity of the Kuomintang Central Committee today.

Hearing this, Jiang said with a smile that he has been participating in activities with citizens since the countdown to the last day of last year. These are all activities organized by the city government and the scheduled itinerary. He participated in the flag raising in front of the Presidential Palace early this morning, and participated in Taipei City Sports at the Yuanshan Flower Expo. The walking activities organized by the bureau are all scheduled itineraries.

Jiang Wanan also said that today is his first time to participate in the walking, and he is participating in the walking as the mayor. He hopes to participate in the activities with the citizens and friends. He is very happy to walk with the citizens and friends at the beginning of 2023. This is the best thing .

Jiang Wanan also talked about his thoughts on participating in the New Year's Eve yesterday. He bluntly said that he was really happy and very excited, because before the New Year's Eve party was in the audience and among the crowd, yesterday was the first time he participated in the New Year's Eve party on stage with a different perspective.

Jiang said that because he was very excited, he naturally asked everyone to give the strongest screams as soon as he went up, and the citizens and friends were very enthusiastic, and he was very happy to take a selfie with the citizens and friends.