DPP’s presidential office spokesperson Huang Chung-en sharply criticized on Facebook New Taipei’s response to government agency energy-saving measures, saying Mayor Chu Li-lun seemed “somewhat immature,” sparking many public criticisms of the ruling party. New Taipei councilor Ye Yuan-chih replied fiercely on Facebook.
Ye Yuan-chih stated: “When Mayor Chu responded to media inquiries using New Taipei’s current approach, urging government adopt smart energy-saving methods handling electricity crises, I really don’t know which part touched the presidential office’s sore spot, requiring such heavy-handed Facebook attack.”
Ye Yuan-chih further questioned whether the presidential spokesman calling this “immature” represents the president’s meaning or just the spokesman’s oversensitivity.
According to Wikipedia explaining “immaturity”—the full term is “chuunibyo” (immaturity syndrome), originating from Japanese internet slang, generally referring to certain self-centered psychological states, describing people frequently self-righteously living in personal worlds or engaging self-satisfying peculiar behaviors, collective terms for adolescence-specific values. Despite being called “syndrome,” it has no connection with medical “disease.”
After Huang Chung-en calling Chu Li-lun immature, some people responded that New Taipei these years clearly invested significant energy vigorously promoting air conditioning energy efficiency improvements, with Chu merely responding media inquiries regarding Executive Yuan’s policy having government agencies cease air conditioning during hottest afternoon hours. Honestly finding no worthy “immaturity” to criticize.
Some people also questioned: Huang Chung-en as presidential spokesman, regarding public policy remarks proving unable careful speech standards, this behavior fails—more placing his boss Tsai Ing-wen in injustice.
Some netizens stated: “The truly immature one is Executive Yuan’s air-conditioning restriction order. DPP still lacks self-reflection and too obviously defends.”
Another person said: “Presidential office seems ridiculous. Nobody expects you praising Mayor Chu, yet criticizing others immature too laughable.”