Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Su Chiao-hui (蘇巧慧) yesterday called Hon Hai Precision Industry Co founder Terry Gou (郭台銘) a “failed presidential candidate,” following recent controversial comments by Gou.
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Gou has expressed an interest in running in next year’s presidential election on the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) ticket.
Gou has said that he would defend Taiwan from China’s People’s Liberation Army using robots, and has said that if he were elected he would run the government like running a business, which shows that he is unsuitable to be president, Su said.
On Monday, while giving a speech in Kaohsiung, Gou proposed building a small nuclear power plant on the city’s Banpingshan (半屏山).
Gou criticized the DPP’s “nuclear-free homeland” policy, and said that voting for the DPP would mean “you will get lung cancer,” referring to the use of coal-fired power plants in place of nuclear power plants.
Following a backlash in response to his comments on nuclear power, Gou on Monday posted to Facebook apologizing and saying that he had “wanted to highlight the problem [of insufficient power supply], but had poorly expressed himself.”
“That was basically an attempt by Gou to cover up his ridiculous remarks by brushing them off as a gaffe,” Su said.
Su said that Gou was a “big boss used to fully controlling things, and not open to criticism.”
“That type of personality is not compatible with the nature of public figures, who need to serve the public and are held accountable,” she said.
Separately, New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜), who is also believed to be interested in running for the KMT in the election, would not respond directly to reporters’ questions about Gou’s views on running the government like a business, but said that politicians “must respect public opinion and supervision.”
Asked whether he had considered Gou as a running mate, he said he had not.
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