Li Dawei
Macau’s Xinhua’s newspaper published an article today saying that Su Jiaquan resigned as Secretary-General of Cai Office because his nephew Su Zhenqing was involved in a corruption case, and Cai Ing-wen urgently appointed the then chairman of the SEF to avoid disputes within the party. After Li Dawei took over, the post of chairman of the SEF was suspended. Who took over as chairman of the SEF can see Tsai Ing-wen's cross-strait policy direction and layout intentions.
On the 20th, Cai Office spokesperson Zhang Dunhan announced that Cai Ing-wen had appointed Xu Shengxiong, the current vice chairman of the SEF, to act as the chairman of the SEF. Zhang Dunhan also pointed out that Tsai Ing-wen also asked the current director of Tsai Ing-wen's office, Zhan Zhihong, as the vice chairman and secretary-general of the SEF. Relevant procedures still need to be approved by the interim board of directors of the SEF on the 28th of this month. According to information from the Cai Office, after Zhan Hongzhi took over as the vice chairman and secretary-general of the SEF, the position of the office director of Cai Ing-wen is expected to be replaced by Huang Chongyan, a spokesperson for Cai Office who has long been trusted by Cai Ing-wen.
And the 20th is the day of the MAC's weekly press conference. The MAC vice chairman and spokesperson Qiu Chuizheng also explained the personnel affairs of the chairman of the SEF. He pointed out that regarding the vacancies left after the resignation of Chairman Li Dawei, the MAC, in accordance with relevant regulations of the "Executive Yuan," Xu Shengxiong, the vice chairman, will temporarily act as an agent to maintain normal operations. Qiu Chuizheng pointed out that the agency period is three months from August 3 to November 3. According to the provisions of the “Executive Yuan”, the three-month authorization of agency is verified by the competent authority (press: the Mainland Affairs Council). Therefore, Xu Shengxiong will temporarily act as the agency on the sixth day. If the agency period exceeds three months, report to the “Executive Yuan”. "Approved.
Although the acting chairman of the SEF is not the first case, the “first case” was when Tsai Ing-wen came to power in May 2016. The various businesses in power in power need to be straightened out as soon as possible. The relationship development practice was still in the process of groping, so it was too late to appoint the chairman of the SEF, and he was first represented by Chen Dexin, the "secretary of the Ministry of Science and Technology". It was not until September that year that Tian Hongmao, the former head of the foreign affairs department, took over as the chairman of the SEF. This is reasonable. Now Tsai Ing-wen is familiar with "island governance", and cross-strait policies have basically set the tone, but he is hesitant about the position of chairman of the SEF, so he has to use the current vice chairman of the private enterprise donation representative Xu Shengxiong. In the interim, it is obvious that Tsai Ing-wen has not yet found the most suitable and ideal candidate to be the chairman of the SEF, so he seems to be a little bit "difficult to give birth". It also reflects that Tsai Ing-wen’s requirements for candidates for this position are quite strict. They will not be like Chen Shuibian. After Gu Zhenfu’s death, the appointment of Zhang Junxiong and Hong Qichang successively is a kind of "compensation", especially in After making it clear that there is no hope of resuming cross-strait negotiations, the chairman of the SEF was simply regarded as a seat to appease the frustrated politicians of the DPP. Rather, I hope that the chairman of the SEF appointed by her can really do a good job, especially when it comes to cross-strait relations, a candidate who can help her overcome her dilemma.
In fact, even in Chen Shui-bian's time, it is not entirely accurate to regard the post of chairman of the SEF as a way to "promote officials and make money." Because at that time, the chairman of the SEF was unpaid, that is, he was not paid, and he was doing a volunteer work. The figure was just a "status". However, Zhang Junxiong once served as the “President of the Executive Yuan” and he was the first “President of the Executive Yuan” of the Democratic Progressive Party. Therefore, as a semi-official institution, the position and power of the chairman of the SEF chairman of the “Ministerial Level┼” are far Less than this.
The chairman of the SEF is restructured to be paid, which means that he has to be paid. It is necessary to carry out practical work in accordance with the principle of "pay for work" and "rights and obligations". Perhaps this is exactly what Tsai Ing-wen has decided to no longer take the chairman of the SEF as a "compensation" position, but to do something. In fact, after Tsai Ing-wen successfully won re-election and could not fight for re-election again in accordance with the law, she unloaded the burden of "election strategy", instead she had a glimmer of hope for the ice-breaking of cross-strait relations in an attempt to leave "historical merits." ". It may be that she and her think tanks on cross-strait policy believe that the mainland is now facing internal and external issues. In order to break through the predicament, or make a breakthrough in cross-strait policy, it is not necessary to directly use the expression "92 Consensus". Instead, the cross-strait talks were resumed by acknowledging the "facts of the 1992 negotiations." Therefore, the selection criteria for the selection of the chairman of the SEF is based on a person who can undertake direct input into cross-strait affairs negotiations and is also acceptable to the mainland.
and before a suitable candidate has been found, it will be handled as an "agent" first. Thanks Xu ShengxiongAs a private shareholder representative of the SEF, he served as vice chairman for a long time and participated in cross-strait negotiations when Ma Ying-jeou was in power. He has a good relationship with mainland officials. Therefore, it is logical to promote his vice chairman to chairman. However, Xu Shengxiong may be based on the need to take into account the interests of his own business kingdom, and if he takes over as chairman, he must go to the "Legislative Yuan" for inquiries and publicize his personal property according to law, so he just agreed to take over as chairman of the SEF. Before the announcement of the chairman, he will temporarily act as chairman.
But as Qiu Chuizheng said on the 20th, the chairman of the board can only act for three months. If it exceeds that time, it must be approved by the “Executive Yuan”. This will involve some necessary administrative procedures and is not beneficial to his personal business interests. Therefore, Xu Shengxiong also acted as an agent for at most three months, and then returned to serve as a "private enterprise donor" director for re-election as vice chairman.
Originally, according to the SEF charter, after Li Dawei resigned, Xu Shengxiong became the acting chairman of the board. In fact, Qiu Chuizheng also pointed out on the 20th that on the 6th of this month, the MAC had approved Xu Shengxiong as the interim chairman. But why did Cai Ban solemnly announce on the 20th that Xu Shengxiong will serve as the acting chairman of the SEF, and the MAC even "overweight" announcing that the SEF will be held on the 28th of this month. The board of directors, the resolution passed this personnel decision? Obviously, it was made in response to a report in the "Apple Daily" the day before entitled "Wang Jinping will serve as the chairman of the SEF to help Tsai Ing-wen resolve the cross-strait deadlock" and made a move to "clarify the rumors".
In fact, on the 19th, Cai Office immediately clarified that the candidate for the chairman of the SEF is not the person reported in the current discussion. The parties have also denied that similar speculation is unnecessary. Once the relevant personnel have confirmed the candidate , It will be officially explained. And Wang Jinping himself said in an evening interview with the media that so far, there is no such news, and the Cai office and the Taiwan administrative department have not asked him, "I asked him four years ago."
In fact, in the past, there have been legends of people of this kind being elected as the chairman of the SEF, including James Soong, Xu Xinliang, etc., as well as Wang Jinping, but Cai Ban just let it go and did not publish any denials. Speech, let "rumors" fend for themselves. Why did it quickly deny it this time and announce that it has actually been appointed as the deputy chairman of the board for half a month?
seems to be mainly for two reasons. The first is also like the announcement of the "Quick Knife Cut the Ransom" that Li Dawei was appointed as the secretary-general of Cai Office, in order to prevent factional disputes within the DPP, and also to avoid disputes between factions in the DPP coveting the chairmanship of the SEF. . Since Wang Jinping publicly denied this rumor, and also pointed out that neither the Cai Office nor the Taiwan administrative department had consulted him, it proves that this rumor was not released by Wang Jinping himself in order to achieve "realism with falsehoods" and cause "fait accompli." The pressure of public opinion. In this case, it is likely that the DPP who intends to get involved with the chairman of the SEF will use this method to "test the wind", probe Tsai Ing-wen's intentions, and put pressure on her.
The second is that Tsai Ing-wen is unwilling to see similar rumors, disrupting her easing of cross-strait relations, and even hoping to resume the "big plan" of cross-strait negotiations. Therefore, she is extremely cautious about the candidate to take over as the chairman of the SEF, hoping to carry out her will and be accepted by the mainland. And Wang Jinping is not her "pocket candidate", especially because the mainland is worried that the Kuomintang members who often run on the Kuomintang platform nagging "Wang Jinping blue skin and green bones" will form an inherent prejudice against Wang Jinping and will not get the other side. blessing. Such rumors may damage her "sincerity" in hopes of improving cross-strait relations, so she also "cut the cable" with a "swift knife" method to avoid any "misunderstanding" on the mainland.
