Han's China Trip Sparks Political Controversy|韓施政報告 綠議員拒一國兩制抗議

On Apr. 1, Kaohsiung City Mayor Han Kuo-yu gave his first periodic administrative report at the Kaohsiung City Council since he became mayor. Last week, his trip to Mainland China sparked a "one country, two systems" controversy. On Apr. 1, the Democratic Progressive Party city council caucus protested against him and this shifted focus away from his report.


Dressed in black, Democratic Progressive Party members of the Kaohsiung City Council hold up signs to protest Mayor Han Kuo-yu recently meeting with the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Administrative Region and Taiwan Affairs Office officials in China. The meetings resulted in a Hong Kong news outlet saying Han accepts "one country, two systems." DPP and New Power Party council members also questioned why he changed his itinerary at the last minute to meet with PRC officials and demanded to know what was said during the meetings.

In the past when foreign guests visit Hong Kong, they don't enter the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Hong Kong Administrative Region out of respect for Hong Kong's autonomy.

(Their side) arranged the meetings with the Liaison Office and SAR officials, so we went. What did we have to be scared of? Not to mention city officials and our city council delegation was there from beginning to end.

Han gave brief answers to both questions and said Kaohsiung needs to be making friends instead of isolating itself. The DPP caucus then badgered him with questions on whether he would run for president if recruited by his party.

From the 2020 presidential elections until now, it has never entered my mind. This is a hypothetical question, so I'm giving a standard answer. Do you understand? You just want to keep your options open.

Unhappy with his response, the DPP caucus said Han's answer meant he would definitely run if recruited.



民進黨議員穿黑衣，拉布條，在高雄市長韓國瑜做施政報告前，抗議他出訪中國大陸時見了中聯辦與國台辦官員，導致港媒報導韓國瑜接受一國兩制，時代力量和民進黨議員也都質疑他，為何出訪時甩開媒體，臨時更改行程去見中國大陸官員？以及雙方談了什麼。

時代力量高雄市議員 林宇凱表示：「過去的外賓在進到香港的時候，是不會去進到中聯辦這個地方，因為基於尊重香港的自治。」

高雄市長 韓國瑜表示：「(對方)安排中聯辦，安排香港特首行政長官，我們就去啊！我們怕什麼？而且從頭到尾市政府跟所有議員都在旁邊。」

韓國瑜對於兩個問題都沒深入回答，強調高雄不能封閉，要廣交朋友。民進黨團進一步問他，如果被黨中央徵召，是否會選總統。

高雄市長 韓國瑜 VS. 民進黨籍高雄市議員 李喬如表示：「截至目前2020總統參選，到現在為止，都不在我考量之內。目前為止，這是假設性問題，這是標準答案，你知道我意思嗎？我不想把這話講成這個樣子，你不想講死就對了啦！」

韓國瑜的回答，被議員當場解讀，韓國瑜只要被徵召，就會選總統。