National Day: Mayor Ko criticizes DPP in Double Ten Day messageBy Cheng Ming-hsiang and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writerTaipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) yesterday in his Double Ten National Day message accused the Democratic Progressive Party government of inciting fear and anti-China sentiment, while making an appeal to Beijing to accept Taiwan’s existence. Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je and other officials clap during the Taipei City Government’s National Day flag-raising ceremony yesterday. He also took the opportunity to criticize the DPP leadership for refusing to work with their opponents. Ko also criticized President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) call for peaceful dialogue with China in her national day address yesterday, saying that mutual interaction is what makes change, not unending talk. Meanwhile, the TPP, in its own National Day address, echoed Ko’s call for inclusivity while condemning the “domination of one voice” in government.

Source: Taipei Times October 10, 2021 15:56 UTC