Thu, Apr 02, 2009 - Page 1 News List

Parties announce election nominees

&NO SPLIT*Former minister of foreign affairs Mark Chen of the DPP said he would run for Tainan County commissioner even though the party did not nominate him

By Rich Chang and Mo Yan-chih  /  STAFF REPORTERS

KMT Chairman Wu Poh-〝hsiung (趠詍磡) yesterday urged party members to take the party*s defeat in the Miaoli by-election and the unimpressive victory in Taipei*s Da-an by-election as warnings to work harder for the year-end elections.

Amid recent disputes over Taipei County Commissioner Chou Hsi-wei*s (騍鉊縜) low approval ratings, Wu Den-yi later repeated that he was not the one who revealed the results.

The United Daily News reported that a high-level KMT official revealed the rating results, and said the party planned not to nominate Chou after the poll suggested that his approval ratings were far behind those of former Taipei County commissioner Su Tseng-chang (憀濼鵽) of the DPP.

Wu Den-yi urged the newspaper to clarify the matter on his behalf.

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