NEW TAIPEI CITY MAYOR AND MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO ARGUE OVER PROJECTS|前瞻建設大小眼? 張景森.朱立倫隔空互槓

New Taipei City Mayor Eric Chu claims that his city has been overlooked by the government's latest push for infrastructure projects across Taiwan, but Minister Without Portfolio Chang Ching-sen said Chu was the only local government head who missed a recent meeting that discussed prospective projects. Dissatisfied at the Executive Yuan's prospective infrastructure project plan which he believes unfairly treated New Taipei City, Mayor Eric Chu, repeatedly criticized it. ==ERIC CHU New Taipei City Mayor== We hope that at both the central and local level of governance, the principle of nonpartisanship is upheld. At the same time, we have been working as a team and with a bottom-up approach through different departments and offices, as well as through the deputy mayor and myself to promote construction plans. This attracted Executive Yuan Minister Without Portfolio Chang Ching-sen to respond on Facebook and accuse Chu of being the only person who did not attend the presidential planning meeting, he sarcastically said that Chu uses telekinesis to promote construction plans. Chu pointed out that the prospective plans included the new three-ring MRT line, but this project had already been approved some time ago, so they were just capitalising on it without actually having done anything. Chang excoriated the Executive Yuan for investing NT$821 billion in the New Taipei City MRT construction because the original budget was all used up, so now the new government had to set up a special budget to complete the project. With Chu and Chang sniping at each other, Premier Lin Chuan tried to emphasize the importance of good communication. ==LIN CHUAN Premier== In addition to New Taipei City, different voices might come of other local governments. Where we can make things clearer, we will try to do so, and where we can clarify in great details, we will also try to do so. Of course, the local governments hope that we grant every one of their wishes, but that is not possible. When working on next year's budget, we will do our best to fairly evaluate all requests. The Tsai government has tried to propose forward-looking infrastructure projects, which have stirred local government debate. Many people wonder why these have squeezed out other plans, like some Taipei City Government projects. Chu exerted leverage on the central government and emphasized he would work with Taipei City Mayor Ko Wen-je to strive for their projects. TRANSLATED BY：JEFF CHANG 蔡政府大力推行前瞻基礎建設計畫，新北市長朱立倫更批評，未公平對待新北市，對此，政務委員張景森指責朱立倫是唯一未出席前瞻會議的首長，更批評朱立倫是靠念力來推動建設， 不滿行政院前瞻計畫未公平對待新北市，新北市長朱立倫多次批評，引來行政院政務委員張景森在臉書回嗆，指責朱立倫是唯一未出席行政院前瞻計畫會議的首長，更直言「真不知道他是靠什麼方式來推動建設計劃，念力嗎？」，朱立倫反嗆中央到地方不要有政黨的分別。 ==新北市長 朱立倫== 我們希望中央到地方 不要有任何政黨的分別 另外我們是靠團隊的努力 由下而上包括我們各局處 副市長 市長分別來努力 推動我們所有的建設 面對朱立倫曾經抱怨前瞻計畫雖納入新北市的三環三線，但這是早已核定的計畫，「只有回顧、沒有前瞻」，張景森火力全開，批評行政院投入新北市的捷運建設高達821億，是因為舊支票已經付不完了，如今新政府編列特別預算，一次來把它完成，已經是「朱立倫請客，蔡英文買單」，面對朱立倫和張景森雙方隔空交火，行政院長林全出面緩頰。 ==行政院長 林全== 不只是新北市 很多地方都會有不同的意見 我們能夠儘量解釋的 就儘量解釋 能說明清楚的 就儘量說明清楚 地方政府當然希望 把他們需要的都放進來 但不可能全部來回應 我們會盡可能 讓未來的年度預算裡面 有必要的一些公共建設 可以來平常來考量 蔡政府提出前瞻基礎建設計畫，引來地方政府的論戰，不只外界質疑，台北市政府被前瞻計畫排擠，朱立倫也槓上中央，更強調將與台北市長柯文哲一起努力爭取前瞻計畫。 記者 林欣儀 彭耀祖 章明哲 台北台東報導