KMT Chairman Lien Chan (
On Thursday, after the PFP mediator for party cooperation quit, Soong said he would meet with Lien to make a last-ditch effort to try to save shaky KMT-PFP plans to cooperate in the year-end elections.
Lien said through an aide that he and Soong have met frequently -- once every couple of weeks -- since the opposition alliance was formed.
"He is willing to meet [with James Soong] any time that is appropriate," the aide said. The KMT chairman failed to respond to numerous questions from reporters.
KMT spokesman Wang Chih-kang (
Originally, the KMT and PFP proposed jointly supporting a single joint candidate in the commissioner's races in six counties. So far, they've failed to agree on a single joint candidate.
Politicians at the local level, especially those from the KMT, object to the arrangement because it denies them the chance to run for public office.
With no PFP candidate winning KMT backing, PFP officials have publicly blamed the KMT for not working hard enough to coordinate with them.
Both parties nominated their own candidates for Taitung and Taipei Counties, and the KMT is ready to nominate its own candidate in Kaohsiung County, too.
PFP lawmaker Chung Shao-ho (
However, another KMT aspirant, Wu Kuang-hsun (吳光訓), insists on being a candidate in the race.
Highlighting the confusion, Chao Shou-po (
Chao said in the name of cooperation, the KMT plans to nominate Huang for Kaohsiung County commissioner, while asking the PFP's Chung to serve as his deputy.
If that plan fails to materialize, Chao says the KMT will nominate Wu and have Huang serve as deputy.
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