Members of “third force” political parties yesterday made a final push to rally support, staging a parade through Taipei streets and calling on young people to go to their registered addresses to cast their ballots.
All of the Green Party-Social Democratic Party Alliance’s five Taipei district candidates participated in the motorcade.
Introduced by drumming and loudspeakers, candidates Fan Yun (范雲), Lu Hsin-chieh (呂欣潔), Miao Po-ya (苗博雅), Lee Yen-jong (李晏榕) and Chen Shang-chih (陳尚志), accompanied by prominent Sunflower movement activist Lin Fei-fan (林飛帆), waved to voters for hours while standing in open-top vehicles as the motorcade weaved its way through Taipei’s Daan (大安), Zhongshan (中山), Songshan (松山) and Neihu (內湖) districts.
Photo: Chen Yu-fu, Taipei Times
Trucks packed with flag-waving supporters brought up the rear.
“We hope that all voters will be able to give a party that represents youth, generational and distributive justice and a diverse democracy an opportunity,” Fan said.
Lin urged voters to support both the alliance and its “third force” rival, the New Power Party (NPP), saying this election was crucial to opening up the government.
Photo: George Tsorng, Taipei Times
Lin also appeared at a separate event for the NPP outside of the Taipei Railway Station, shouting slogans for the party to become the “crucial energy” in the legislature by winning seats for each of its six legislator-at-large nominees.
NPP legislator-at-large candidate Ko I-chen (柯一正) also said the party needs young people to go home and vote, because it appears that not as many people have returned as during the November 2014 nine-in-one local elections.
Additional reporting by Chen Yu-fu
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