Former Pingtung County Mayor Pan Mengan emphasized in an interview with this newspaper today (31) that the family is the most important thing at this stage. In the future, when the Party needs it, he will be obliged to do so. The "government" must have people in the cabinet, and the "party" must have someone to promote the revolution. Together, "Success doesn't have to be mine, it must be me who does things."

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[Reporter Chen Yun/Taipei Report] Former Pingtung County Mayor Pan Mengan was frequently named to join the cabinet. Faced with the outside world's attention to the next step, he accepted an interview with this newspaper today (31) and said that at this stage family is the most important thing, but in the future the party will need it At that time, he was duty-bound and would not shirk his responsibilities. The "government" must have someone in the cabinet, and the "party" must have someone to make a revolution. Everyone must work together. "Success does not depend on me, I must do things."

Pan Mengan plans to rest for a period of time to accompany his mother after resigning as the county magistrate. Regarding his next step, he said that at this stage, family is the first priority. When necessary, he is willing to take responsibility and will not shirk. He also has deep expectations for Taiwan, and will not give priority to his own affairs at critical moments. "I don't have to be successful now, I must be the one to do things."

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Pan Mengan, who has been in the party for more than 30 years, has experienced the three presidents of Chen Shui-bian, Ma Ying-jeou, and Tsai Ing-wen, and has witnessed the rise and fall of the DPP. Regarding the defeat in the nine-in-one general election at the end of last year, he said that this was a wake-up call for the people, but the political party members did not feel sad We can only wipe away our tears and rush forward. In addition to stabilizing the political situation, the party must also be united.

Pan Mengan pointed out that Lai Qingde is willing to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the party chairman, and hired Xu Liming, who is good at reconciling top-notch leaders, to be the secretary-general. He believes that the two will cooperate seamlessly in party affairs. The committee will also do its best to help; he emphasized that the party is supporting the government, and politics is the most important thing. He hopes that the new cabinet minister Chen Jianren can lead the cabinet team to do better, and serve as the most important asset and foundation for the DPP to continue to govern.

Talking about the reason for the title of the new book "Red Iron Man", Pan Mengan said with a smile that he knew that it might cause controversy, but it did not represent any political meaning, and no one would doubt his political spectrum. "Red" refers to Passionate and positive spirit, this is also a continuation of the 2019 Taiwan Lantern Festival in Pingtung, which used different colors to distinguish service groups. At that time, the official system wore red vests, worked tirelessly for the Lantern Festival, and called itself "Red Iron Man".

As for the Iron Man part, apart from Pan Mengan's love for Wu Bai's "Iron Man" and the lyrics "I once defeated myself in my life" once encouraged him to return to his original aspirations, steel also represents a firm will. Iron sand must be tempered day and night to become steel , and the hexagonal patterns that appear constantly on the cover and inside pages represent screws. He claims to be one of the members of the screws, and he is also the one who fastens the screws.

The past experience is also fully demonstrated in Pan Mengan's governance of Pingtung County. He used the CEO spirit to market Pingtung's agricultural products all over the world, embodied architectural aesthetics in public construction, and even rescued Pingtung from the financial "Ye Kemo level". By 8 years, the debt reduction of more than 18 billion has been achieved, but he believes that hardware construction is only an obligation. What he is most proud of is that in the past when people talked about Pingtung, they only thought of Kenting, but now they can reverse the impression and develop the brand, so that Everyone knows that Pingtung also has world gold medal chocolates, coffee, etc., which also create a sense of honor and city identity for Pingtung people.