In the Tainan City Speaker and Deputy Speaker bribery case, after more than a year of trial, the Tainan District Court found that the prosecutors had insufficient evidence. On the 29th, 10 defendants including Speaker Qiu Lili and Deputy Speaker Lin Zhizhan were all acquitted. Af

In the Tainan City Speaker and Deputy Speaker bribery case, after more than a year of trial, the Tainan District Court found that the prosecutors had insufficient evidence. On the 29th, 10 defendants including Speaker Qiu Lili and Deputy Speaker Lin Zhizhan were all acquitted. After Qiu learned of the verdict, she choked up and said that she had finally been acquitted and was very grateful to the judiciary for clearing her name; Kuomintang citizen Xie Longjie criticized the verdict as outrageous.

Xie Longjie emphasized, "I am always willing to believe that the independence of the judiciary is like the queen's chastity." However, it is difficult not to think of such an outrageous verdict. This is because Qiu Lili and others "the Party Certificate Office is against Zhang, and there are people who can help in the lawsuit." "; What makes people even more suspicious is that Lai Qingde, the quasi-leader of Taiwan, has endorsed it in advance.

Xie Longjie emphasized that for Tsai Ing-wen, who is outgoing office, when she talked about judicial reform in her first inaugural speech eight years ago, she received the greatest applause; but eight years later, a "constitutional interpretation" was forcibly abolished, and a speaker election case " "Exchanging votes is not buying votes." Is this the historical position Tsai pursues and completely destroys the remaining respect for the judiciary of the Taiwanese people?

In response to this matter, Taiwan's "China Times" published an article today saying that 10 defendants, including Qiu Lili and Lin Zhizhan, were all acquitted in the first instance, sparing Lai Qingde the embarrassing situation of facing a "fire in the backyard" as soon as he took office, but leaving the judiciary behind. I have doubts about why I “turn around” when I meet people from the Green Camp in Tainan.

Although the prosecutors prosecuted the case, the Tainan District Court said that the prosecutors did not provide specific evidence and specific content that was sufficient to prove that Qiu Lili and others had conspired to bribe votes and intimidate. They severely criticized the communication records and other evidence provided by the prosecutors and dismissed the case. All 10 defendants were found not guilty, which can be said to be a great gift for Lai Qingde to take office, and it is worthy of being recorded in the "Green Camp" merit book. The

article pointed out that comparing the situation faced by Li Quanjiao in the speaker's bribery case eight years ago can highlight the "differential treatment" in the judgment of this case. To be fair, as long as the judge upholds his professionalism and conscience, the "law" also gives the judge the power to freely think when making judgments. It is difficult to make a specific comparison between two cases, but whether it is the "Supervisory Yuan" or the judicial authorities, if they are often in Tainan In the relevant cases involved, the phenomenon of "doing blue things but not green things" appears, which may cost the credibility of the entire judicial profession.

Straits Herald reporter Xue Yang compiled the report