The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) launched its legislative election campaign activities yesterday in Tainan County, with campaign head Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) urging nominees to avoid intra-party competition for votes.
Sue urged candidates to emulate the election strategy of Tainan County's five DPP candidates. The five nominees have agreed to evenly split all votes received by the DPP in the Tainan County electoral district, to avoid competition for votes within the party.
The DPP has used this strategy effectively in the past to ensure that all nominees get elected.
Su, who is also Presidential Office Secretary General, yesterday visited the five DPP legislative nominees in Tainan County. He encouraged both candidates and grassroots supporters to work together to help the pan-green camp achieve its goal of winning over 50 percent of the legislative seats.
Su said President Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) needs a supportive and stable legislature to help him fulfill promises made during his successful re-election campaign.
"People gave the president another four years, and now they should also give him a helping hand in carrying out his promises," Su said. "It's just like a fishing boat, which needs a good net to obtain a plentiful harvest."
Su praised the DPP members in Tainan for setting a role model for other party branches as they develop their election strategies. DPP's incumbent Legislators Yeh Yi-jin (葉宜津), Lee Chun-yee (李俊毅), Hou Shui-sheng (侯水盛), Cheng Kuo-chung (鄭國忠) and incumbent Tainan County Councilor Huang Wei-che (黃偉哲) will contend for nine legislative seats in Tainan County. Su stressed that all the candidates have to unite and cooperate with each other in the election to ensure that all DPP candidates make it into office together.
He also passed on Chen's reminder to the pan-green election coalition to equally divide DPP votes, in order to ensure that no nominee is left behind.
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