‘Taiwanese netizens got a good laugh when China’s Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman Ma Xiaoguang on Wednesday (Jan. 30) criticized Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) government for placing “unreasonable restrictions” on the right to vote and run for office.
At a press conference on Wednesday, when asked to respond to President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) statement that some improvements have been made on issues related to Chinese spouses in Taiwan, Ma said the DPP imposes many unreasonable and even inhumane restrictions on the rights and interests of Chinese spouses, “mainland spouses’ right to work, residence, and even the right to vote and run for office are all subject to unreasonable restrictions.”
According to Taiwanese law, Chinese spouses of Taiwanese citizens must wait six to eight years to complete the naturalization process and receive their Taiwan ID. Four months after they have received their Taiwan ID, they are eligible to vote in Taiwan’s elections.’
‘Many Taiwanese netizen’s found the comments from the communist government representative to be hilarious and highly hypocritical:
“I’m laughing to death.”
“Here’s a good joke, Communist Party officials talk about the right to vote.”‘
