taiwan semi-presidentlai qingdeHe will take office on May 20 and the new cabinet personnel will be announced in recent days. The Women’s New Knowledge Foundation issued a statement today saying that the third wave of cabinet members announced this morning are all men, in line with their This situation is impressive considering the performance as well as the current gender ratio of the new cabinet members. , which makes people suspiciousDemocratic Progressive Party“Is the ruling team taking actions to prove it is out of touch with the diversity of Taiwanese society?”. It calls on the future President to fulfill his election promise of having one-third women in his cabinet.

So far, 13 male and 2 female cabinet members have been officially announced. The number of women cabinet members is only 13.3%. It is expected that two more waves of lists will be released. The women’s news statement pointed out that based on the gender ratio of cabinet members so far, combined with the experience of the Democratic Progressive Party’s governance in the past eight years, it is highly doubtful whether to prove the power team under the Democratic Progressive Party It has established close ties with Taiwan, is it untouched by social diversity? If the background of the last cabinet members is still so simple, what is the novelty?

Women’s News said that the ruling party internally and externally claims that Taiwan is a democratic and pluralistic country, no matter what background they come from, they can find political talents with different abilities and circumstances in the ruling party. How did the party convince people that the new government could protect Taiwan’s equality, freedom and democratic values ​​if you have always been so “male”?

Women’s News also reminded that Prime Minister Cui Zuo Rongtai should remember to fulfill President-elect Lai Ching-te’s political commitment at the Taiwan Women’s Directors Association Forum on September 27 last year to ensure that “more than one third of the Cabinet Can be targeted.” Be a woman.” The next two waves of cabinet member lists announced by Jun Kekui could bring the new government’s cabinet team closer to the diverse makeup of Taiwanese society.

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