TPP, DPP have war of words over indictment of TPP chair Ko Wen-je
TPP, DPP have war of words over indictment of TPP chair Ko Wen-je
2024-12-27
A war of words has erupted between the TPP and the ruling DPP after the indictment of opposition chairman Ko Wen-je on Thursday. In particular, Ko has been accused of embezzling funds from a foundation he set up to pay salaries to his TPP. At a press conference held by the TPP in response to Ko’s indictment, they put the blame on the DPP, alleging the ruling party’s New Frontier Foundation is run no differently. DPP Secretary-General Lin Yu-chang hit back, saying the New Frontier Foundation is entirely different and, unlike the TPP’s foundation, it is not used to pay people’s salaries.
The TPP came out boldly in support of its chairman Ko Wen-je by holding an international press conference. But aside from defending Ko’s innocence, the main thrust of the press conference was to put the blame on the ruling DPP.
Lin Fu-nan (Dec. 26)
Spokesperson for Ko Wen-je
Ko Wen-je does not have illicit cash flows, Ko Wen-je is not a corrupt person who accepts bribes, nor is he a person who loves money. They are carrying out a political assassination of the TPP.
Rosalia Wu
DPP lawmaker
In the face of a mountain of evidence, you still continue to make remarks that are misleading and deceptive. Throughout the entire investigation conducted by the Taipei District Prosecutors Office, has there ever been any mention of the DPP or Lai Ching-te?
In response to prosecutors’ accusations that Ko embezzled money from a charity foundation he set up to remunerate campaign staff and thus breached public trust, TPP secretary general Vincent Chou, who had once worked at the DPP’s think tank, the New Frontier Foundation, directed his criticisms at the DPP. He argued why could the DPP get away with this and not Ko?
Vincent Chou (Dec. 26)
TPP secretary general
The operational model of the TPP’s foundation is not substantially different from the DPP’s New Frontier Foundation. So why is it that Lai Ching-te can do this while Ko Wen-je deserves to die?
Lin Yu-chang
DPP secretary-general
What Secretary-General Vincent Chou said is untrue and entirely wrong, and completely unacceptable. The funds from the TPP’s foundation are used to pay TPP salaries, including party workers connected to Secretary-General Vincent Chou as well as the employees from Ko’s campaign office. The New Frontier Foundation, which was established with donations from the DPP, is entirely different in its characteristics, situation and intrinsic qualities. So I must sternly refute this here.
The indictment openly spells out Ko’s corruption step by step, but the TPP appears to be turning a blind eye and putting all the blame on other political parties.
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眾望與民進黨新境界相同? 林右昌:兩智庫性質不同
2024-12-27
民眾黨主席柯文哲任內涉京華城弊案、政治獻金假帳等案遭起訴，民眾黨昨(26號)召開記者會，但主軸論調把過錯全推給執政黨，民眾黨秘書長周榆修甚至指控，民進黨新境界文基金會，和民眾黨智庫眾望基金會沒有不同，"為何綠能柯不能"，引來綠營反嗆！民進黨秘書長林右昌鄭重澄清，兩智庫性質不同，且民進黨沒拿基金會資金支付其他人薪水。
民眾黨周四大動作召開國際記者會，聲援黨主席柯文哲，但整場記者會主要論調，除了捍衛主席清白，更把過錯全推給執政黨。
[[緊急應變小組共同召集人 林富男(12.26)]]
“柯文哲就不會有金流，柯文哲不是一個會貪汙，會收賄的，也不是愛錢的人，對台灣民眾黨進行政治追殺”
[[民進黨團幹事長 吳思瑤]]
“面對如山一般高的證據，都還可以持續來說出，帶風向，騙小草的言論，請問北檢整個偵查裡頭，有提到民進黨，有提到賴清德嗎”
而針對北檢指控，柯文哲挪用眾望基金會捐款，來支付競總員工薪資，涉及背信罪，曾在民進黨智庫新境界基金會，擔任幹部的現任民眾黨秘書長周榆修，卻把矛頭指向綠營，指控為何"綠能、柯文哲不能"。
[[民眾黨秘書長 周榆修(12.26)]]
“眾望基金會的運作模式，跟民進黨的新境界文教基金會，並無實質上的不同，是為什麼賴清德可以，柯文哲該死”
[[民進黨秘書長 林右昌]]
“周榆修秘書長所言非實，而且是完全錯誤，這樣子的說法非常不可取，眾望的資金來支付民眾黨的，包括周榆修秘書長相關黨工，還有競選總部員工的薪水，這個跟剛剛特別提到，由民進黨捐助成立的新境界文教基金會，性質跟狀況還有本質，是完全不一樣，所以在這邊要嚴正予以駁斥”
起訴書將柯涉貪證據，一一攤在陽光下，民眾黨卻視而不見、過錯全推他黨，恐怕難以讓外界信服。
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