Increased economic hardship also led to instability in homes as evidenced by the 84,195 cases of domestic abuse reported last year, the DPP said, but did not elaborate on what percentage of the total cases took place before May during the DPP government.
“The government’s foremost task is to improve social welfare and it is obvious that Ma’s administration has failed to do so. The public must send him a message and a warning through our ballots to show we are not happy with this government,” he said.
Meanwhile, Premier Wu Den-yih (吳敦義) yesterday inspected Penghu County, saying that the Executive Yuan would back the local government in its efforts to use its natural resources to attract more tourists.
Wu said that the Government Information Office would introduce measures to encourage the film and television industries to shoot scenes in Penghu to promote tourism, adding that the government hoped Chinese tourists would include Penghu on their itinerary.
Despite making no mention of next Saturday’s election, Wu, accompanied by local Penghu officials, lauded the Penghu County Government led by Commissioner Wang Chien-fa (王乾發) for implementing 10 major construction projects to boost tourism.
Wang is seeking re-election.
On Thursday, Wu inspected Kinmen County and promised to begin the long-delayed plan to construct a bridge between Kinmen and Little Kinmen.
The bridge is dubbed the “pontoon bridge” by locals as it is said to be assembled whenever there is an election and disassembled afterwards when politicians abandon their campaign promises.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY SHIH SHIU-CHUAN
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