Today is the "93 Soldiers’ Day" in Taiwan Province, which is supposed to be a festival for people to pay tribute to the officers and men. However, 100,000 members of the military Catholic Church took to Kaidao to protest against the slander and vilification of the military Catholic Church by the annuity reform of the authorities.
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Judging from the demands of the March for "anti-stigma and dignity", the protesters’ dissatisfaction is not mainly the annuity reform itself, but the government’s constant humiliation and degradation of their dignity in the process of operating the reform.
During Democratic Progressive Party’s opposition period, he pointed the finger at the military religion, taking 80% salary refund and 18% preferential deposit as the theme, discrediting the military religion’s excellent treatment after retirement, and all of them were fat cats. Even, on the grounds that young people receive 22K a month and workers’ pensions are less than 2 million, they create an atmosphere of class opposition with the military religion.
The reason why Democratic Progressive Party did this was nothing more than the consideration of political struggle and election mobilization. The general religion was distorted into a privileged group in society, and it won the support of young people, laborers, farmers and fishermen from the opposite side, thus enabling green camp to expand its political foundation and win the election.
After Tsai Ing-Wen came to power, the annuity issue became a hot potato. Democratic Progressive Party legislators, pro-green celebrities and the media still used the strategy of the opposition period in an attempt to force the military religion to submit, and agreed to accept the reality of reduced monthly retirement and interest, so that the annuity reform could find a way to deal with it smoothly.
Under the situation of rising voices,In the afternoon, 100,000 people attended, including Hao Baicun, former "Executive Dean" of Taiwan authorities, and more than 20 other retired generals.The Kuomintang (KMT) responded to the public’s voice and sent heavyweights to attend. Party Chairman Hong Xiuzhu, Vice Chairman Zhan Qixian, Hao Longbin, Hu Zhiqiang, Hualien County Governor Fu Kun and others also marched with groups of various routes.This is also the first time that Tsai Ing-Wen has faced a super-large protest since she took office in 520.