"I will not say that there were any hijinks..."

Earlier this week attention was brought back to bear on the high speed hijinks the DPP pulled to save the troubled Taiwan High Speed Rail 高速鐵路即將通車. In a dizzying display of logic, newly installed Premier 蘇貞昌 Su Tseng-chang made an admirable (a-hem) stand for transparency and an end to to the corruption that plagues the DPP and this island:

I will not cover up anyone's mistakes, but neither can I say that the foundation made an illegal decision.

Mistake? No airline in its right mind would invest in a railroad, but I suppose that it is too much to ask the DPP to admit that it is not only running the national carrier into the ground, but also using it as a slush fund. I’m particularly amused by Transportation Minister 郭瑤琪 Kuo Yao-chi (Guo Yao-Qi), who is conveniently moving to the same 航發會 China Aviation Development Foundation (CADF) that was usurped into making this mind-boggling investment:

..if CADF did not make the investment, the government might have to spend NT$30 million [to buy back the construction].

So they twisted/broke the law to save money incurred from mis-management, and now the lady that ordered this troubling move is moving closer to the money? And here I thought the DPP was actually serious about cleaning up its image. No need for an investigation or hearings here, really.

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