ANTI-FORCED EVICTION GROUPS PROTEST AT KAOHSIUNG COUNCIL|陳菊施政報告 反迫遷等團體赴議會陳情

During Kaohsiung City Mayor Chen Chu's biannual state of the city report at the City Council, members from 25 civil groups surrounded the council hall in protest of recent reports of forced evictions and industrial pollution. Yet their demand to debate with the mayor over several hotly contended issues, was turned down. Chen said all her policies have been made and carried out in accordance with law. Over a hundred members from 25 anti-forced eviction groups were protesting at the gate of the Kaohsiung City Council, because Mayor Chen Chu was about to make her policy address. Those protesters demanded the Mayor to listen to their voices. There was an anti-protest group on the scene as well, members with different intentions were shouting at each other. ==CHEN MING-PIN, Kaohsiung Civil Groups Alliance Convener== Sad to say this, so far we don't have any way to discuss and negotiate with the city government. If you (Mayor Chen) are sincere, tell media the place and time for debating, we will accept. The Alliance members believe that Kaohsiung City Government is not honest enough to make all controversial issues public. They demand to establish an investigation task force or to hold public hearings. They hope to have a face-to-face debate with Mayor Chen. But the Mayor believes that she acts in accordance with law, and had refused to debate with the Alliance. ==CHEN CHU, Kaohsiung City Mayor== (Will you debate with the alliance groups?) Impossible. If Kaohsiung City Government were not acting in accordance with the law, handling matters illegally, then we can talk about right and wrong. It's a matter of choices. I am the mayor, I made policies and decisions based on the benefits of the majority. Mayor Chen said there is no need to debate, she cannot fulfill requests from everyone. She respects different voices and will examine into her team for communicating more properly when negotiating with citizens. TRANSLATED BY：ANTHONY LIN 25個公民團體，超過上百位民眾，來到高雄市議會門口宣稱要包圍議會，市長陳菊將會在議會做施政報告，公民團體要求市長陳菊聽民眾的心聲，但是現場還有另一群反陳情的人也在現場，雙方用標語嗆聲，幸好沒爆發肢體衝突。 ==高雄公民大聯盟召集人 陳銘彬== 抱歉 我們到現在 都沒有任何的溝通協商大門 所以 如果你(陳菊)真的有誠心 請你把溝通協商的時間地點 公開對媒體來說 我們都接受 公民大聯盟認為許多爭議事件，市府的做法不夠公開透明，要求成立專案小組或舉辦聽證會，並且要求要跟市長面對面辯論，但是陳菊認為一切依法行政，拒絕辯論。 ==高雄市長 陳菊 vs. 記者== 會跟他們(公民團體)辯論嗎 不可能 如果今天高雄市政府 不是依法行事 非法 當然這個就是 才有什麼 對錯 現在是一個選擇 那做為一個市長 我以最大多數人的最大利益 做為我政策的決定 陳菊認為不需要答應辯論，也說無法滿足所有人的需求，她尊重不同的聲音，也會檢討市府團隊在溝通時，是不是能夠更妥善。 記者 王柔婷 陳顯坤 高雄報導