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DPP candidates begin to register for year-end primaries

Potential candidates for the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) began registering yesterday for year-end city and county chief primaries.

The DPP will adopt a recruitment approach in Keelung City and Hsinchu County, while the party's nomination in Hualien, Taitung, Kinmen and Lienchiang counties will be put off until later.

DPP Chairman Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) said if more than one person is vying for the same post, the party will attempt to field a single candidate through negotiations with those involved. Otherwise, the party's candidate will be decided by the primary system.

Regarding the party's ally, the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU), Su said the two parties would coordinate if possible, but he added the local situation would have to be taken into account. The DPP has set up a coordination team for the year-end elections.

Lin Te-fu (林德福) registered at the DPP's Ilan headquarters yesterday, saying the Presidential Office will understand his decision to leave as advisor to concentrate on getting the party's nod to run in the year-end election.

Lin said he has been unsure if he should throw his hat into the ring over the last couple of weeks since he has been aware that former Minister of Justice Chen Ding-nan (陳定南) announced his resignation from his post earlier this year to return to his hometown in Ilan to run for his old post.

But more than 5,000 Ilan residents recently signed a petition to support Lin, and many of them think that a transition of power to the younger generation would be good for the party's future, Lin said.

On the other hand, Lo Wen-jia (羅文嘉), a former chairman of the Council of Hakka Affairs registered to run for Taipei County magistrate yesterday. Former DPP Legislator Lin Feng-hsi registered for the Taichung County magistrate race.

Former Legislator Tsao Chi-hung (曹啟鴻) registered his intention to vie for Pingtung County magistrate.
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