A SECOND ATTEMPT by the US-allied rulers of Taiwan to remove democratically elected rivals failed last night.
The public yesterday rejected all seven DPP proposals in another stunning defeat—which means that 31 bids to snatch power from the people’s favorites have now failed.
All earlier attempts were also rejected by the people of Taiwan.
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NEWS BLACKOUT
The western mainstream media is running a news blackout on the story.
That’s because it adds to a growing mountain of evidence that the people of the Chinese island are no longer content with the endless one-note fearmongering that characterizes the wildly unpopular Washington-allied Democratic Progressive Party.
The DPP got fewer than 30% of ballots from registered voters in the most recent election but held on to power with a reduced seat-count because of divisions between rival parties.
So the DPP cooked up a scheme to demand re-elections (known as recalls) with the intention of ejecting popularly elected winners from the island’s parliament.
But the people of Taiwan were not willing to play such a blatantly anti-democratic game, and have made that clear at the ballot box.
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BLAMING BEIJING
The central Chinese government in Beijing has not been involved in the process at all – but is getting the blame from disappointed DPP fans. They blame "CPP propaganda" although the Chinese government has long been legendary for its hopelessness in generating functioning propaganda.
Yet many voices in Taiwan are fed up of the knee-jerk hostility. “It’s only democratic when the DPP wins,” said Jason Lee of Taipei, sarcastically, on X. “Otherwise, it’s the CCP winning and their propaganda is influencing Taiwan voters to turn against the DPP.”
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WORRIED AT PROSPECT OF PEACE
The people of Taiwan, an island which is legally part of China, became very friendly with their mainland cousins in the first two decades of this millennium, with an estimated two million Taiwanese working and living in the mainland.
Worried at the prospect that peace and good relations may emerge, the US has since 2019 been using the DPP and the media to run major fearmongering campaigns to try to amplify divisions.
But residents are tired of the endless hysteria. Several popular voices in Taiwan, notably including YouTuber Holger Chen, have demanded the removal of the fake anti-China narrative, and called for the island’s politicians to stop serving Washington DC and start serving their own people.
Author: Saikat Bhattacharya
