On the 22nd, the Taiwan People's Party held its Central Committee meeting, addressing the ongoing toxic oil food safety crisis affecting nearly 10,000 tons of related products and impacting over a thousand businesses. Party Chairperson Huang Kuo-chang stated that due to the central government's incompetence and dereliction of duty, public anger has reached a boiling point, prompting more and more citizens to take to the streets this Saturday, July 25, to speak up for their own and future generations' health.

Huang emphasized that what angers the people is not only the toxic oil itself, but also the DPP government's indifference, blame-shifting, and incompetence in handling the crisis. Therefore, at 3:30 PM on July 25, the Taiwan People's Party will first hold a press conference in front of the Executive Yuan titled 'If You Can't Do It, Step Down—People Don't Want to Eat Cancer Oil.' The party will present clear demands, urging the Executive Yuan to face the people's anger and anxiety, stop evading responsibility, disclose the truth, and immediately demand Premier Cho Jung-tai resign to take political responsibility. Afterwards, participants will join citizens gathering independently and march to Ketagalan Boulevard to directly voice the people's outrage against the incompetent ruling team.

Huang stated that Taiwan is now experiencing a collective anxiety of 'food insecurity leading to social unrest.' Adults fear buying a simple rice ball at a convenience store might mean ingesting carcinogenic oil, let alone children in their developmental stages—how safe are the foods they consume daily? The people are merely humbly demanding to know 'where the toxic oil came from and where it has gone,' yet they are met with arrogant responses from the DPP government: 'No one forced you to eat it,' 'benzo[a]pyrene naturally exists in soybeans,' and 'the public doesn't seem strongly dissatisfied.' The Presidential Office, Executive Yuan, and DPP have colluded from the beginning to cover up the scandal, repeatedly changing recall standards, providing incomplete flow information, and delaying explanations on problematic products. This demonstrates not crisis management ability, but a talent for evading responsibility. The DPP has solved no problems, only created information chaos and intensified food safety panic.

Huang stressed that the July 25 event is not a partisan rally nor political mobilization, but a civic action by the people to defend food safety. The Taiwan People's Party sincerely invites all citizens who care about food safety and family health, regardless of political affiliation or stance, to stand up and demand that the government 'disclose the truth, take political responsibility, and return basic food safety to Taiwan.' Huang emphasized that food safety is a non-partisan livelihood issue. He urged that no political slogans or election chants appear at the event, stating, 'The DPP continues trying to manipulate public anger into 'political confrontation' to deflect blame—a despicable tactic long since exposed.'

Huang reiterated the slogans: 'Food insecurity leads to social unrest—Cho Jung-tai must resign!' and 'If you can't do it, step down—people don't want to eat cancer oil!' He called on all citizens who value food safety to gather on Ketagalan Boulevard on July 25 and use the people's power to force the arrogant and incompetent government to bow.

Additional exclusive reports from Wind Media: · Has the culprit behind the carcinogenic oil been identified? Zhonglian relaxed soybean standards 'tenfold'—Shi Chong-liang: 'Oil production processes were also not properly regulated' · In the Zhonglian carcinogenic oil scandal, whose fault—central or local government? Writer exposes a statement from the Ministry of Health and Welfare that 'self-implicates': Lu Hsiu-yen laughs · Will there be the first official casualty in the toxic oil case? Huang Kuo-chang reveals 'he' will step down before the Ketagalan rally: Attempting to divert attention through legal amendments

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  • Source: PR Times
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