On October 8, Chen I-hsin, chairman of the Kuomintang's Culture and Communications Committee, sharply criticized Shen Po-yang, the Democratic Progressive Party's candidate for Taipei mayor, for taking contradictory positions on marijuana legalization, drug decriminalization and the abolition of the death penalty, using sophistry to dodge his past remarks and lacking political integrity.[Taiwan Politics][Shen Boyang][Mayor of Taipei][Jason Chen]