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DPP readies candidate picks for year-end polls

The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will pick three candidates for commissioner and mayoral elections in Hsinchu County, Miaoli County and Keelung next month, while leaving open the option of cooperating with other parties, a DPP official said yesterday.

According to DPP spokesman Chen Wen-tsan (鄭文燦), the party plans to enlist the director of the DPP's department of ethnic affairs, Yang Chang-cheng (楊長鎮), to run for Miaoli County commissioner.

Yang was the assistant to senior presidential adviser and former Hakka council chairwoman Yeh Chu-lan (葉菊蘭).

Yang is also a Hakka, and has a good reputation in the county.

But Cheng said the DPP is evaluating Yang's chances in the year-end elections and still organizing Yang's campaign team.

KMT confirms

Meanwhile, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) confirmed that it would nominate KMT Legislator Liu Cheng-hung (劉政鴻) for Miaoli County commissioner after Liu won the party primary on Sunday. But Liu's competitor, KMT Legislator Ho Chih-hui (何智輝), said that he would not accept the results and will campaign for the post as an independent.

The PFP also plans to nominate its own candidate in Miaoli County.

The DPP's Cheng pointed out that the case of Miaoli County showed that the pan-blue camp is having trouble cooperating and will lack unity in the year-end elections.

In light of this situation, there is no need for the DPP to announce its final candidate too soon, Cheng said.

Cooperation possible

In the Hsinchu County commissioner race, the DPP plans to nominate either Taiwan Provincial Governor Lin Kuang-hua (林光華) or DPP Legislator Peng Shao-chin (彭紹瑾), but the party has not excluded the possibility of cooperating with the PFP.

Some DPP members have suggested that the party should work with the PFP to get KMT Legislator Chiu Ching-chun (邱鏡淳) to withdraw from the KMT's primary for the race and join the campaign as an independent, in order to split the KMT vote.

Chiu is challenging fellow KMT member and Hsinchu County Commissioner Cheng Yung-chin (鄭永金) for the position.
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