Virus Outbreak: KMT accuses Tsai of double standards in criticizing MaBy Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporterThe Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday accused President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) of applying double standards, saying that her criticism in 2008 of former president Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) administration consumer voucher program could apply to the stimulus coupons that her administration is launching next month. The arguments Tsai made 12 years ago can be applied to today’s stimulus coupon program, Wang said, adding that the central government has taken too long to finalize its stimulus program. Tsai criticized the Ma administration’s economic policy as being “haphazard,” “disorganized” and “directionless,” she said. Those comments are an accurate “prediction” of the “mess” that characterizes the Tsai administration’s COVID-19 relief efforts, she added. She urged Tsai to “reflect,” and to not use a different set of standards as the ruling party, compared with when she was in the opposition.

Source: Taipei Times June 04, 2020 16:00 UTC