wfn.org | Taiwan Church News: PCT General Secretary concerned about culture of election bribery

["Lydia Ma" <enews@pctpress.org>]

>Taiwan Church News

>2976 Edition

>March 9~15, 2009

PCT General Secretary concerned about culture of election bribery

>Reported by Lin Yi-ying

>Written by Lydia Ma

Nominated by legislative reporters as the best legislator in the  country, DPP legislator Twu Shiing-Jer has been tapped to run for mayor  in Chiayi city in the mayoral elections scheduled at the end of this  year. According to reports, Twu has received support from Presbyterian  Church in Taiwan (PCT) Chiayi presbytery. Twu also took time to stop by  PCT headquarters office in Taipei and visit PCT General Secretary Andrew  Chang in the beginning of March.

Besides offering a few words of encouragement, Chang vowed that the PCT  would work hard against the culture of election bribery and encourage  Taiwanese people against receiving bribes during election season at the  end of the year.

Twu was raised in a farm in Chiayi before graduating from National  Taiwan University College of Medicine and later went on to obtain  graduate degrees in the United States. Twu has been appointed as  Director General at the Department of Health, Guest Professor at Chang  Jung Christian University, board member at Changhua Christian Hospital,  and gastrointestinal doctor at Mackay Memorial Hospital. Twu’s  career profile reflects that he has had a lot of interaction with the  PCT for many years.

During their meeting, Chang reminded Twu that being a mayor carries many  responsibilities and urged him to care for Chiayi residents and keep up  the good work he had done so far if elected.

Chang also mentioned he was worried that the year end mayoral elections  in Taiwan would be plagued with bribery because people are most  vulnerable during periods of political unrest and financial crises since  they are struggling just to survive. He promised that the PCT would  gather all its strength and resources in combating this social ill and  monitor for any signs of election bribery across Taiwan.

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