PFP Legislator Hwang Yih-jiau (
The PFP yesterday announced that Hwang had replaced Liao Chang-sung (廖蒼松) as spokesman.
Liao has been appointed the party's deputy secretary-general.
Ever since Tsai Chung-hsiung (
"As a result, it is important for the party to strengthen its advertising section and choose a good spokesman," local media reports quoted PFP Chairman James Soong (宋楚瑜) as saying.
Hwang's appointment has been considered controversial because of his love life. He is known to have had numerous mistresses, nicknamed his "babies."
His love life was the subject of renewed media attention last month, after he left his partner of five years, Ho Li-ling (
On Monday, many local media organizations received a letter bearing the signature of Huang Kuang-chin (黃光芹).
She is a journalist and former mistress of Hwang Yih-jiau who wrote a book -- The Baby's Diary -- about their affair.
The letter accused the politician of abandoning Huang Kuang-chin when she was pregnant with his child and of once calling her "a whore whom all men could have sex with" on Valentines' Day.
On Tuesday, however, Huang Kuang-chin claimed she had not written the letter and that she did not know who had.
Hwang Yih-jiau told reporters yesterday that the letter had been a dirty trick.
"I don't want to surmise the motives of the person who wrote the letter," he said, adding that no matter who the writer was, he was ready to forgive that person.
He said that as PFP's spokesman, he will keep his cellphone turned on 20 hours a day.
"I hope the media can allow me four hours of rest per day," he said.
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