It's pretty evident there is political vendetta in the air,same thing as the Hsinchu mayor Kao Hong-An's fall before that. Great analysis there Angelica ! Well documented and argumented!
Ahhh good catch. I think I meant to say something like “his political persona which is based on his previous career as an emergency room doctor has been shattered.” I’ll fix it later.
Ko is a tragic figure in a way. Like a lot of tragic figures his greatest strength also becomes his greatest weakness. He is a political outsider, but he just have no idea how things work in politics. He prides himself on his high IQ, but his pride leads him to do objectively stupid things.
It's pretty evident there is political vendetta in the air,same thing as the Hsinchu mayor Kao Hong-An's fall before that. Great analysis there Angelica ! Well documented and argumented!
To me the TPP made a huge strategic error in not going to bat for Gao. Another outrageous case. Perhaps more so give the piddling amounts.
All very loud evidences of who's working out another form of "terror" in this so called truly democratic society....
Thanks for all your recent commentary! Great reportage. Minor point: Here it looks as though some text was elided by accident?? (after ‘his’)
“Even if the case for bribery failed in court because the prosecutors don’t have enough evidence, his
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Ahhh good catch. I think I meant to say something like “his political persona which is based on his previous career as an emergency room doctor has been shattered.” I’ll fix it later.
Ko is a tragic figure in a way. Like a lot of tragic figures his greatest strength also becomes his greatest weakness. He is a political outsider, but he just have no idea how things work in politics. He prides himself on his high IQ, but his pride leads him to do objectively stupid things.