The DPP held a party congress on 21 July, and this was the first time that Lai Qingde presided over the party congress in his "dual capacity" as chairman of the DPP and leader of the Taiwan region. Tsai Ing-wen, the former leader of Taiwan, did not attend on the grounds of "having another trip", but Chen Jianren, the head of the administrative agency during the Tsai Ing-wen era, appeared and was regarded as the largest representative of the "British system". In addition, You Xikun, the former head of the island's legislature, also attended, and his voting movement attracted much attention.
However, with regard to the re-election of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee and the Central Committee of the CPC Central Committee, which symbolize the reshuffle of the core of power within the DPP, the media on the island have long asserted that the "Lai faction" is expected to win more than half of the seats. The pattern of "relying on the top" in the green camp will be basically determined.
According to Taiwan media reports, Su Zhenchang, Chen Jianren, and other "Soviet" and "British" patriarchs who served as heads of administrative agencies during Tsai Ing-wen's tenure all appeared. Among the mayors of the counties in power of the Democratic Progressive Party, Chiayi County Mayor Weng Zhangliang, Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Qimai, and Pingtung County Mayor Zhou Chunmi were also present.
Su Zhenchang, Chen Jianren, You Xikun and others have rarely appeared since they left office, and today they took the opportunity of meeting within the party to greet each other. Lai Qingde's deputy Xiao Meiqin interacted with Su Zhenchang's daughter Su Qiaohui and others.
Tsai Ing-wen did not attend the first DPP party congress after Lai Qingde assumed the leadership of the Taiwan region, citing "another trip." In response, Huang Yangming, a senior media person on the island, turned out a passage that Tsai Ing-wen said at the party congress four years ago, and sarcastically "Does Tsai Ing-wen dare to go?" ”
Huang Yangming pointed out that the date of the DPP party congress was set as early as the ninth day of Tsai Ing-wen's resignation. Huang Yangming bluntly said that Tsai Ing-wen's move is obviously because her son Zheng Wencan, the former chairman of the Straits Exchange Foundation, is now in a detention center.
Huang Yangming further pointed out that Tsai Ing-wen declared at the party congress four years ago that "some people in society must be corrupt to write a script with full governance, and make a big fuss about the future of the DPP, we must remind ourselves at all times and prove with actions that this script will not come true", but now this script has come true, does Tsai Ing-wen dare to go?
Huang Yangming emphasized that Tsai Ing-wen spoke of her own people as very honest at the beginning, but not long after she finished speaking, the bribery case of Su Zhenqing, the then representative of the green camp, broke out, and now Zheng Wencan has also been detained, does Cai still have the courage to go to the scene? It's not right to greet Lai Qingde at the scene, so it's better not to go.
Since she stated that she would not participate in the party congress, Tsai Ing-wen's attitude has been interpreted by the outside world as "the old lady is unhappy" and "the British are on the top". For this reason, on the eve of the meeting on the 21st, Tsai Ing-wen had to post an urgent post on social media, deliberately emphasizing that she "has another private itinerary" and said that "I wish the conference a smooth and successful meeting".
In this regard, Guo Zhengliang, who once served as the "Green Committee", interpreted that this is probably Cai's statement of stepping down, because she may see that some forces are going to throw themselves into the "Lai Department", and she is not very comfortable. Wang Hongwei, a representative of the Kuomintang, said more bluntly that the reason why Cai didn't go was that "people who were unhappy with Lai Qingde moving her".