11 CITIES AND COUNTY COUNCILS MOVE TO STOP IMPORTS|11縣市議會藍黨團 提案禁售核災區食品

Back in Taiwan, the central government is planning to lift the ban on food imports from nuclear radiation-affected prefectures in Japan. Yet eleven cities and counties are now calling for local measures to go against the decision. Yesterday, Chaiyi City became the first local government in Taiwan to officially ban food from radiation affected Japan. The Executive Yuan is to allow food imports from five nuclear radiation-affected prefectures nearby Japan's Fukushima. KMT council groups called for amending Food Safety Self-Regulations in eleven cities and counties. The amendment aims to ban foods imported from nuclear affected areas. Even the DPP's former Minister of Health Tu Hsing-che spoke out. ==TU HSING-CHE, Chiayi City Mayor== Our city council had such resolution and I will honor it. I will not allow the imported foods from the nuclear affected areas. Chiayi City will be the first city to ban Fukushima products. The New Taipei City Mayor Eric Chu doubted whether the lifting of bans on the imports had anything to do with politics. ==ERIC CHU, New Taipei City Mayor== My view is that the government must honestly inform the public. Tell people why do you allow the imports? What were the exchanges? Why do you have to sacrifice public's health for the exchanges? ==LI MING-CHE, KMT Yunlin County Councillor== We absolutely oppose the central government to allow the nuclear polluted foods and products imports to Taiwan. Not to all the supermarkets, retail stores and schools in our Yunlin County. ==Tainan City Council (Nov. 14, 2016)== We are refusing to eat and buy Japanese food and products. The ten public hearings were over, but people continue to oppose the lift. President Tsai asked Premier Lin to have more public hearings for better communications with the public. ==LIN CHUAN Premier== Yes, yes, we will have more, have more public hearings. In a legislative discussion session, the KMT caucus demanded that Taiwan and Japan to agree on mutual judicial assistance before the food imports. The New Power caucus called for a team to go to Japan and do on-site assessments. The incumbent DPP had no legislator present in the discussion session. TRANSLATED BY：ANTHONY LIN 行政院準備開放日本福島鄰近5縣市的食品輸入台灣，但全國共有11個縣市議會的國民黨團，提案修改「食品安全衛生自治條例」，禁止核災區食品販售，連綠營縣市首長，曾經擔任衛生署長的嘉義市長涂醒哲，上午當場承諾，會和議會站在一起。 ==嘉義市長 涂醒哲== 這個因為議會有這樣的決議 我就會這樣子做 讓這個福島的(食品)不能進來 嘉義市是會率先成為 我們第一個 禁止福島食品進來的都市 新北市長朱立倫也強調，是否進口核災食品和政治無關。 ==新北市長 朱立倫== 我的看法是你 一定要誠實地告訴民眾　 你為什麼要開放 你交換了什麼 為什麼要以犧牲民眾的健康 做為交換的條件 ==雲林縣議員(國) 李明哲== 我們全力反對中央政府進口 日本核汙染食品到台灣 更不能進到我們雲林縣 所有賣場 零售店 包括學校的範圍裡面 ==台南市議會(105.11.14)== 拒吃拒買日本食品 儘管開完了十場公聽會，仍無法化解反彈聲浪在總統蔡英文要求下，行政院表示，將會加開公聽會場次，好好溝通說明。 ==行政院長 林全== 會 會增加 會增加公聽會 在官方要加開公聽會之前，上午立法院國民黨團先提案召開朝野協商，國民黨希望達成司法互助前，日本核災食品禁止輸台，時代力量則主張，由台日官民組成評估小組，赴日實地調查，民進黨並未派人出席。 記者 綜合報導