When asked to comment on Hsieh's remark that he would appoint Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平) or KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung (吳伯雄) as premier if elected president, Wang, who later attended the same event, dismissed it as an election gambit.
Meanwhile, Ma's camp yesterday accused the DPP caucus of twisting Ma's remarks on the recognition of Chinese education credentials. Ma's spokesman Shyu Jong-shyoung (
"Opening up Chinese educational credentials requires supplementary measures, and I am against letting those with Chinese credentials take national examinations for professional licenses," Ma said in the video.
Shyu condemned the DPP caucus for using only part of Ma's words in a recent campaign commercial and twisting Ma's policies.
"Voters in central and southern Taiwan are influenced by such negative campaign tactics. We urge Hsieh to restrain his staff from continuing such low tricks," Shyu said yesterday at Ma's campaign headquarters.
Additional reporting by Mo Yan-chih
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