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I want to be the president of the whole people too much, and Ma Ying-jeou's election situation is worrying

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I want to be the president of the whole people, and Ma Ying-jeou's election situation is worrying. World News Network. Ma Ying-jeou's presidential campaign office was established today, officially heading towards the 2012 re-election...

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Ma Ying-jeou wants to be the president of the people too much, but Ma Ying-jeou's election situation is worrying. World News Network Ma Ying-jeou's presidential campaign office was established today, officially heading towards the road to re-election in 2012. However, Qian Fu, the former director of the Supervisory Yuan, said in an exclusive interview with the media that based on the current situation, he is very worried about President Ma's election. The reason is that President Ma really wants to be the president of the people. However, in Taiwan's society where blue and green are opposed, he ends up focusing on one thing and the other. The blue people are angry with him, while the green people do not thank him. They "apologise and explain everywhere, making the president smaller." Qian Fu said that President Ma was "gentle, courteous, frugal and accommodating" in everything, but "he was tired to death and was blamed to death" because we are in an antagonistic society. If you lean to one side, you will be beaten to death by the other side. "If you are in the middle, both sides will beat you together." He said that sometimes a person "has a good heart and is harmed by his kindness." Ma Ying-jeou is an example. Qian Fu recently accepted an exclusive interview with Ruan Cishan, the host of Phoenix TV's "Wind and Cloud Dialogue" program. During the approximately 20-minute interview, he detailed Ma Ying-jeou's characteristics and Taiwan's political situation, and expressed concern about Ma Ying-jeou's election. When asked by the host, President Ma should win, but the election will be very difficult. Qian Fu admitted that he could not fully accept it. He said that some polls conducted by relatively neutral media showed that DPP Chairman Tsai Ing-wen and former Executive Yuan President Su Tseng-chang could beat Ma Ying-jeou, and both won by 4 to 6 percent. "This is no longer wrong." In addition, since 2008, in many by-elections, the Kuomintang has won less and lost more. The main reason is that die-hard blue camp people did not come out to vote, so the turnout rate dropped. This is what worries him most. Qian Fu believes that judging from the situation in Taipei, 55% are blue and 45% are green. If Ma Ying-jeou can make a move that makes all the blue people feel that he is right and "you are finally what we thought," he will win. Facing the tense election situation, President Ma behaved calmly and "not panicked," which also surprised Qian Fu. Qian Fu claimed that he had "unlucky luck along the way", so he always remembered to "think about defeat before thinking about victory." He believed that President Ma's composure was related to his smooth growth process. "He didn't quite understand that sometimes it might not be so smooth." Qian Fu lamented that it is not easy to be a leader in a democratic country today. Naoto Kan in Japan, Obama in the United States, and Aquino in the Philippines are all very uncomfortable. Perhaps the price to be paid for democratic politics is to "sacrifice some good politicians." In response to Qian Fu's concerns, Kuomintang spokesperson Su Junbin said, "Thank you, Dean Qian, for your concern." The Kuomintang has a high degree of crisis awareness about future elections, but as long as the goal is clear and the direction is correct, there is no need to worry too much. He also emphasized that President Ma's desire to be the people's president is not only a campaign promise, but also the best way for Taiwan. There is no question of who to please. "If you do things that are beneficial to the people, you will be the people's president."

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