In a bid to raise publicity for their candidates for the year-end local government chief elections, both the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) plan to hold their Central Standing Committee (CSC) meetings outside of Taipei.
DPP Secretary-General Lee Yi-yang (
"DPP Chairman Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) is focusing heavily on the December elections and has already started on the campaign trail around the country," Lee said. "We will hold our weekly Central Standing Committee meeting in other cities from north to south on Aug. 16, Sept. 6, Oct. 5 and Nov. 2 as part of our year-end election campaign."
PHOTO: HO YU-HUA, TAIPEI TIMES
Lee said that the agenda for each meeting outside Taipei will highlight the central government's projects in each host city or county.
Vice President Annette Lu (
Meanwhile, Taipei City Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), the KMT's chairman-elect, has ordered a similar scheme to help fulfill one of his campaign promises in the party's recent chairmanship election.
Chan Chun-po (
Chan said that the KMT has not yet decided whether the first Central Standing Committee that Ma will preside over -- the one scheduled for Aug. 31 -- will be held down south.
"It could be in September or in October. But Ma will certainly stay in touch with the KMT's local network and directly communicate with our party members during this period," he said.
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