江主席：「缺水、缺電、缺疫苗」成民進黨施政最鮮明的印象
中國國民黨中常會今（19）日首次全面採線上會議的方式進行，黨主席江啟臣在致詞中強調，明天就是蔡英文政府執政五週年的日子，「缺水、缺電、缺疫苗」儼然成為民進黨施政最鮮明的印象。凸顯出執政者風險意識不足、執政不力的真相。在520前夕，再次呼籲民進黨政府用穩健的國家發展政策，取代大撒幣、大內宣；用理性的管理，取代情感的麻醉劑。面對民進黨的顢頇與混亂，江主席期許全黨要提醒自己要更努力，讓民眾看到另一種安定治理的選擇。
江主席指出，過去一週，台灣社會同時面對疫情驟升、兩度大規模停電，以及水情更嚴峻的三重挑戰，對民眾生活帶來巨大衝擊。國民黨首先呼籲全民配合各項防疫措施，減少非必要的移動接觸，一起斬斷病毒的傳播鍊；同時也要請中央與地方政府，以人性需求為出發點，積極研擬各項配套措施，減少防疫新政對民眾生活的衝擊。國民黨也以身作則，分流上班，以防疫為優先，持續推動黨務。
面對疫情迅速蔓延，江主席表示，各界關切醫療體系是否有足夠餘裕？政府是否有提供第一線醫護人員足夠的後援？昨天有基層醫護人員站出來積極承擔，支援各地篩檢，我們除了由衷感佩，也藉由本黨醫療委員會提出「確保醫療物資充沛、保障醫事人員健康、擴大設置社區篩檢，以及輕重症分流」這四項呼籲。面對今天教學醫院工作人員的確診，國民黨提醒應儘速思考成立專責醫院的急迫性。希望中央疫情指揮中心採納建言，共同為防疫而努力。
江主席強調，疫情反撲凸顯出，再怎麼滴水不漏的「圍堵」都是暫時的，「疫苗」才是對抗病毒的最終解方。此刻，疫苗接種率領先的歐美國家，正逐漸掙脫防疫枷鎖，走向社會經濟的重新開放，我們卻因嚴重的疫苗短缺，面對必須升高防疫強度的困境。凸顯我國現階段的疫苗政策存在重大缺陷，導致民眾努力防堵的疫情，被變種病毒輕易攻陷，更讓我們錯過迎接後疫情復甦的第一時機。
江主席質疑，疫情指揮中心迄今仍無法說明，疫苗採購遇到的困難到底從何而來？去年本有機會透過民間公司，採購足額的德國BNT疫苗，為何最後失之交臂，也一直是民眾的疑問。即便當前面對艱困疫情，我們不願意苛責；但仍期許指揮中心能記取教訓，積極透過各種方式取得符合國際標準，安全、有效、充足的疫苗，早日提高施打覆蓋率。更期盼民進黨政府，正面看待來自各方的善意支持，放下政治操作的惡意解讀。
對於一週連續兩次跳電與分區供電，江主席表示，疫情升溫讓許多人都必須待在家裡，連續兩次跳電與分區供電，讓配合居家防疫的人苦不堪言。民進黨政府除了繼續以話術欺騙人民，拿出廉價的道歉敷衍之外，竟然提不出任何解決之道，令人失望。
江主席強調，民國106年815大停電後，蔡英文總統曾宣示要強化安全電網；前年八月經濟部更曾宣稱，盤點到2030年前台灣都不會缺電。如今回想，都只是空言。呼籲民進黨政府應該正視目前供電不足、綠能穩定性不足的事實，在能源政策規劃上更具風險意識，才能真正避免一再陷入限電危機。
最後，江主席指出，水情仍然嚴峻，中南部許多水庫蓄水百分比只剩個位數，面對未來可能成為常態性的乾旱，立基於過去經驗的水資源規劃，有沒有與時俱進？是否有在供水系統設計上提早部署？這也是我們不能忘記的重大挑戰。
The Shortages of Water, Electricity, and Vaccines Have Come to Define the Tsai Administration
Tomorrow marks the 5th anniversary of the Tsai Ing-wen administration. “The shortages of water, electricity, and vaccines have increasingly come to define the DPP administration,” said Chairman Chiang at Kuomintang (KMT) Central Standing Committee’s online meeting. “The administration’s bungling of crisis management has revealed the government’s lack of risk awareness- and its incompetence for that matter,” continued Mr. Chiang.
On the eve of 520, the KMT once again calls upon President Tsai to enact a robust, steady national development policy to replace its current big-spending economic plans and aggressive domestic propaganda. Further, the administration must adopt rational decision-making, jettisoning excessive resort to public emotions. DPP’s shambles and fumbles, however, won’t necessarily win the KMT popular support. Au contraire. They provide a moment of reflection for our party. Ergo, instead of gloating, Mr. Chiang urges the party to work even more strenuously to present itself to the public as a reasonable governing alternative.
Chairman Chiang pointed out that over the past week, Taiwan has confronted triple challenges- the sudden rise of Covid-19 infections, two large-scale power blackouts, and the increasingly severe issue of water shortage. All of which has stricken a dagger in our citizens’ regular life. Still, the KMT calls upon our citizens to observe epidemic prevention measures, reduce unnecessary mobile contact, and work in concert to lop off the virus’ transmission chain. Meantime, the central and local governments must proactively develop effective complementary measures, anchored in human needs. Also, the powers that be must see to it that newly adopted measures don’t bring significant inconvenience to people’s life. To set the example, the KMT has prioritized epidemic prevention, splitting work operations while continuing to move forward with party affairs.
With Covid-19 rapidly spreading, the public is rightly concerned about whether our medical system can hold up and whether the government can provide adequate backup for frontline healthcare workers. Yesterday, we were heartened and grateful to see primary medical workers stepping forward to help with local virus screening efforts.
To curb the virus, the KMT medical committee has ladled out four demands: ensuring the availability of medical supplies, ensuring medical staff’s health, expanding community screening, and setting up triage protocols for mild and severe diseases. Today's positive diagnosis of a teaching hospital worker reminds us of an urgent need for a specialist hospital. The KMT hopes the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) will adopt our suggestions and work in tandem with the public to sink Covid-19.
Chairman Chiang stressed the fierce pounce of Covid-19 reflects one perennial truth for virus control: No virus containment is impenetrable and that the vaccine is the ultimate antidote. As leading Western countries are breaking free from the yoke of Covid-19 and hailing a return of normalcy, Taiwan is instead mired in a Covid cul-de-sac precipitated by a dire lack of vaccines. This grim situation underlines remarkable deficiencies of our current vaccine policy.
Chairman Chiang pointed out the CECC has yet to account for what has disrupted our vaccine procurement. Last year, Taiwan had the opportunity to procure sufficient amounts of Germany’s BNT vaccines through private companies. But why did we let this opportunity slip? Loath as we are at this juncture to pillory the CECC, we nonetheless hope that moving forward, it can learn its lessons and strive to procure safe, effective, and adequate amounts of vaccine that meet international standards. Meanwhile, it should take necessary steps to increase vaccination rates among our public. Besides, the KMT hopes the administration can embrace goodwill support from all sides and stop interpreting it as malicious political manipulation.
“Two consecutive power cuts and district power supply in a week inflicted inconvenience and pain on citizens hunkered down at home to ward off the virus,” commented Chairman Chiang. It is disappointing that the Tsai administration has failed to put forth any solution other than continued deception and cheap apologies. After the 08/15 Blackout in 2017, President Tsai had once vowed to strengthen our power grid. And last August, the Economics Ministry claimed Taiwan would not face a power shortage by 2030. In retrospect, alas, those were but empty words. The administration must acknowledge that the current power supply is woefully inadequate, and that green energy still lacks stability. Instead, an energy policy pegged to risk awareness can preclude the recurrent power rationing crisis.
Finally, water shortage remains unresolved, with the percentage of water held in reservoirs in the central and southern regions reduced to single digits. With droughts likely to become more frequent in the years to come, has water resources planning been revised to fit our needs? Has the water supply system’s design been improved? Water shortage is another grave challenge to which we must assign high weights.
（This is an abridged version of an official KMT Chinese language press release）
