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PFP says candidate nomination system must be set up first

The People First Party (PFP) yesterday said that deciding the nominations for next year's Taipei and Kaohsiung mayoral and city councilors' elections will be the first priority before it can merge with the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT).

"We will come up with a mechanism for both the KMT and the PFP to decide their nominations for future elections after the two parties are combined, and the mechanism will be established before the end of January," PFP caucus whip Hwang Yih-jiau (黃義交) said.

Hwang was speaking at a press conference at the legislature after the PFP's "five-man task force" to negotiate the merger returned from a meeting with KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九). Hwang is the leader of the task force.

Hwang said that the meeting with Ma lasted for nearly two hours and said that Ma also agreed that a mechanism should be set up for party members to follow in the future.

"Before we actually combine and become one big party, we need to figure out the details of the mechanism so that fellow party members will know how and what to do when it comes to certain issues like elections," Hwang said.

In the meantime, Hwang said that the task force and Ma also agreed to establish a "negotiation committee."

Members of the committee will be confirmed by both Ma and PFP Chairman James Soong (宋楚瑜) on Monday. Hwang did not mention the names of any candidates for the committee.

"In general, we are still hoping that we can finish all necessary negotiations and discussions and make it [the merger] happen before the Lunar New Year," Hwang said.
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