PENGHU MAGISTRATE STATES NEUTRAL FOR CASINO REFERENDUM|陳光復:乾脆廢除公投法 別陷地方於不義

President Tsai Ing-wen spoke out against allowing casinos to be set up in Penghu just days ahead of the county's gambling referendum on Saturday. Penghu Magistrate Chen Kuang-fu of the DPP reiterated that he has remained neutral and the whole process has been carried out in accordance with law, and therefore he has not contradicted the DPP's anti-gambling stance. ==CHEN KUANG-FU, Penghu Magistrate== The DPP leadership is against gambling, but we have not gone against that position. It wasn't us who initiated the process. Neither have we taken sides. We have remained neutral throughout the process and only task to make sure the referendum goes well. If you don't like it, then you should abolish or amend the referendum act. Since it's already in place, the people have the right to start one. The local government is not to be blamed for this. Since the referendum was initiated in Penghu, Chen has been under constant fire from fellow DPP members, but he stressed that the people have the right to referendum, and since the preliminary petition amassed enough signatures, the law mandates that the county government see the process through. TRANSLATED BY：JEFF CHANG 總統蔡英文在博弈公投前夕，公開表達反對立場，同為民進籍的澎湖縣長陳光復更被自家人砲轟，陳光復昨天出面表示，他自認和黨中央反賭立場沒有矛盾，縣府一向主張中立，是依法行政， ==澎湖縣長 陳光復== 民進黨黨中央有表示反賭 但是我們沒有矛盾 我本身也不是提案人 也不是促賭方的人 我本身一向是主張中立 把選務辦好 中央必須看要廢除公投法 或是去修正公投法 你既然有這公投法 人民也依據公投法去簽署 不要陷我們地方政府於不義 自從推動博弈公投，陳光復就飽受民進黨內同志抨擊，但他也強調，舉辦公投是公投法賦予的權利，提案也達到連署人數，縣府必須依法行政。