The year end local election will take place on Saturday, Nov. 26 which is only a few days away, Taipei mayoral candidates including Chen Shih-chung, Chiang Wan-an and Vivian Huang continue to weigh in on vaccine controversy.
Controversies and arguments continue as the nine-in-one local elections are about to take place on Saturday, Nov. 26. DPP Taipei mayoral candidate Chen Shih-chung defended incumbent Health and Welfare Minister Hsueh Jui-yuan over Hsueh comments describing how the government has worked hard on blocking certain business groups acting as vaccine brokers trying to sell vaccines without an authorized distributor certificate from vaccine makers. KMT Taipei mayoral candidate Chiang Wan-an demanded a further explanation from Chen.
Chiang Wan-an, Taipei Mayoral Candidate (KMT): “Mr. Chen Shih-chung should be honest and tell us which business groups are Minister Hsueh referring to. And which religious groups? This is the biggest lie the DPP government has told throughout the election campaign period.”
Chen Shih-chung, Taipei Mayoral Candidate (DPP): “I am not saying Taiwan business groups are trying to deceive the government. I'm only saying there are dishonest vaccine brokers. Some people were unaware and got taken advantage of, but we managed to block them.”
Independent Taipei mayoral candidate Vivian Huang also demanded Chen and Hsueh answer who those fraudulent vaccine brokers were. As the election date draws near, Huang's immediate family members showed up for moral support. Family values were an additional theme to Huang's last campaign rallies. After Huang's son appeared at her rally on the night of the 20th, Huang's mother also showed up for support on the 21st. People, however, are still curious as to whether Huang's party chairperson James Soong would show up to endorse her.
Vivian Huang, Taipei Mayoral Candidate (Independent): “We would invite of course, but they have their own plans. Don't just focus on that one, two, or three, some particular persons. I'm asking for Taipei voters' support, not PFP chairperson Soong's.”
Meanwhile, the Ministry of National Defense announced that they will not activate special holiday programs for military personnel for voting this year. The ministry said they have already made the best on-post arrangements so that most military personnel can vote. Chiang said he respects decisions made by the national defense department, but Huang criticized the government for double standards.
週六（26日）就是九合一選舉投票，先前衛福部長薛瑞元一席疫苗騙子說，引起工商界大老林伯豐批評不要硬拗，為台北市長選戰再掀波瀾。陳時中緩頰，稱不是工商界要騙政府；蔣萬安則繼續緊咬，要陳時中講清楚。
國民黨台北市長候選人蔣萬安批評：「陳時中應該要回答，薛瑞元部長到底指的工商團體是誰？宗教團體是誰？民進黨政府他們現在竟然用一個選戰當中編了最大的謊言。」
民進黨台北市長候選人陳時中表示：「並不是商業界的人來欺騙政府，是掮客要來欺騙政府。有一些人不察，就被利用了，但是都被我們阻擋住了。」
黃珊珊也要求，應該把疫苗掮客的名字講清楚。而爭取市民支持，除了議題交火，也有人再度打出親情牌。
牽著媽媽的手一步一步慢慢走，繼20日晚間兒子在造勢晚會獻聲，21日黃珊珊的媽媽也現身力挺。但外界更關注，親民黨主席宋楚瑜到底會不會幫黃珊珊站台？
無黨籍台北市長候選人黃珊珊說：「我們會邀請，但是人家會有他們自己的安排，不要每天去那麼多人。為什麼只挑一個人、兩個人、三個人，我要爭取的是，而且宋主席也不是台北市民。」
黃珊珊強調最希望市民幫忙站台。另外傳出這次選舉，國防部將不啟動選舉專案輪休機制，遭質疑選舉考量。蔣萬安說，尊重國軍特殊考量；黃珊珊則批評，如果跟原來標準不一樣，就是有問題。首都選戰，議題攻防煙硝味濃，積極搶票。
