Both the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will hold nationwide campaign events this Sunday -- the last weekend before the election on March 22 -- to drum up support for their respective presidential tickets.
With a number of party heavyweights scheduled to attend, the KMT hopes to attract over 1 million supporters while consolidating support for KMT presidential candidate Ma Ying-jeou (
The KMT rallies will begin simultaneously at 3:22pm on Sunday in all 25 cities and counties nationwide. Ma will lead the rally in Tainan County, while his running mate, Vincent Siew (
Former KMT chairman Lien Chan (
"People's lives have changed for the worse over the past eight years. We call on people who are dissatisfied with the DPP to join us and express the desire to fight corruption and strive for a better economy," KMT communications and cultural department head Huang Yu-cheng (
To coincide with the third anniversary of China's passage of its "Anti-Secession" Law, Ma will deliver a speech today reiterating his condemnation of China's oppression of Taiwan during an event held by the KMT.
For the DPP, Juan Chao-hsiung (阮昭雄), executive-director of the activity department of DPP presidential candidate Frank Hsieh's (謝長廷) campaign, said yesterday that a nationwide event, dubbed "Million People High Five, Come-back Win," will start in Puli Township (埔里), Nantou County, at 6:20pm on Saturday.
On Sunday morning, Hsieh will be in Taimali Township (太麻里), Taitung County, to welcome the first light of the day, while his running mate, Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌), will be attending the "Million People High Five, Come-back Win" in Taipei City.
Organizers encouraged participants to wear their baseball cap reverse, flash the thumbs-up gesture, give the high five and walk counter clockwise to represent turning back the tide and coming back from behind.
In the afternoon, Hsieh will embark on a 500m walk from Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall.
Marches have also been organized in Taichung and in Kaohsiung. Chang Chun-hsiung (
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