Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung (
If the DPP managed to realize President Chen Shui-bian's (
"If Chen achieves his goal of getting 50 seats in the legislative elections, I will accept responsibility and resign as KMT chairman," Wu told a news conference at KMT headquarters in Taipei. "I urge all pan-blue voters to consolidate their support and prevent Chen from achieving this goal."
Wu, former KMT chairman Lien Chan (連戰) and Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平) yesterday campaigned at KMT headquarters for the party's legislative candidates and urged voters to cast their ballots tomorrow.
"It would be a recognition and indulgence of the corrupt government if you don't vote. We should use the elections to teach Chen and the DPP a lesson," Lien said.
Wu also urged voters to remain calm on election day and avoid anything that could spark trouble, so that the DPP would have no excuse to halt the elections.
Joining the three other KMT heavyweights via a video conference from Taichung, KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou (
He said shifting political power would improve people's lives.
In response to a report in the Chinese-language China Times that Wang would seek re-election as legislative speaker, while KMT legislators Wu Den-yih (
"It would be improper to discuss the issue until the elections are over," Ma said, shrugging off the report's claim that he would support Wu Den-yi's bid for deputy speaker.
Wang also declined to comment on the matter, urging party members and supporters to focus on promoting the KMT's legislative candidates.
"Who cares?" was DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's (
"He is a decimal point in history," Hsieh said. "Who cares whether he resigns?"
Hsieh said he did not think Wu's pledge would have any effect on the poll results.
ADDITIONAL REPORTING BY KO SHU-LING
A group of Taiwanese-American and Tibetan-American students at Harvard University on Saturday disrupted Chinese Ambassador to the US Xie Feng’s (謝鋒) speech at the school, accusing him of being responsible for numerous human rights violations. Four students — two Taiwanese Americans and two from Tibet — held up banners inside a conference hall where Xie was delivering a speech at the opening ceremony of the Harvard Kennedy School China Conference 2024. In a video clip provided by the Coalition of Students Resisting the CCP (Chinese Communist Party), Taiwanese-American Cosette Wu (吳亭樺) and Tibetan-American Tsering Yangchen are seen holding banners that together read:
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Heat advisories were in effect for nine administrative regions yesterday afternoon as warm southwesterly winds pushed temperatures above 38°C in parts of southern Taiwan, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. As of 3:30pm yesterday, Tainan’s Yujing District (玉井) had recorded the day’s highest temperature of 39.7°C, though the measurement will not be included in Taiwan’s official heat records since Yujing is an automatic rather than manually operated weather station, the CWA said. Highs recorded in other areas were 38.7°C in Kaohsiung’s Neimen District (內門), 38.2°C in Chiayi City and 38.1°C in Pingtung’s Sandimen Township (三地門), CWA data showed. The spell of scorching