President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) heavily embellished the government’s achievements in her New Year’s Day address, the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) Culture and Communications Committee said at the party’s new year event yesterday.
Regarding Tsai’s statement that the government has enhanced public security, the committee said that it was not true, pointing to reports of violence against convenience store clerks, drunk driving incidents, the case of Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Kao Chia-yu (高嘉瑜) accusing her then-boyfriend Raphael Lin (林秉樞) of assaulting her and the nation’s low birthrate.
The committee also questioned Tsai’s claims that Taiwan is becoming more accepted internationally, saying that the