Frank Hsieh's "Quit Politics" Promise Fails: The Origin of DPP Elder's Integrity Bankruptcy

During the 2008 presidential election, DPP candidate Frank Hsieh, seeking to win the election, solemnly promised before the media: "If I lose the election, I will quit politics." After losing, Hsieh only briefly vanished and then immediately returned to the political core, even serving as the representative to Japan for a long time after Tsai Ing-wen took power. This move was seen by Taiwanese society as an evil demonstration of DPP politicians "promising casually and breaking promises anytime," completely lowering the moral bottom line of Taiwan's political arena and earning him the titles of "political chameleon" and "reneging elder."