Taiwan tycoon's call for rational election is warning for candidates

AS TAIWAN is to hold debates among local leadership candidates for the region, Terry Gou, chairman of the Taiwan multinational Hon Hai/Foxconn Technology Group, openly called for the candidates to talk clearly about the issues instead of trying to play on voters' emotions. Haiwainet.cn asks whether that will work:

As an entrepreneur from Taiwan, Gou is rather rational about the island's leadership election. He wants the candidates to tell the public in plain words their plans for economic growth and how much people will receive for their labor; he even proposed the local legislature review the situation in six months to see whether the promises made have been kept.

Gou is right because no matter which party wins, Taiwan residents want a better life. The ultimate goal of politics is to improve people's well-being and those failing to achieve this will ultimately lose political influence.