Both Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) heavyweights yesterday appealed to Taichung voters by making telephone calls on behalf of their parties’ mayoral candidates.
KMT Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平) showed up at Taichung Mayor Jason Hu’s (胡志強) campaign headquarters with 10 KMT legislators and they all made telephone calls.
Hu, who sat beside Wang as he manned the phone lines, joked that people receiving a call from Wang might think it was a prank call or a confidence trickster.
Former premier Frank Hsieh (謝長廷), Tainan County Commissioner Su Huan-chih (蘇煥智), Chiayi County Commissioner Helen Chang (張花冠), Pingtung County Commissioner Tsao Chi-hung (曹啟鴻) and other politicians crowded into DPP Greater Taichung mayoral candidate Su Jia-chyuan’s (蘇嘉全) campaign office to make calls to voters.
Noting that he had served as county commissioner, legislator and held several Cabinet ministries, Su said there were few people in their early 50s in the country who had such extensive experience as he did. He also voiced confidence in his chances.
“I am more capable than Hu, and I could bring changes to Taichung,” Su said.
Su will go to Taichung County tomorrow morning, before returning to Taichung City in the afternoon. A rally in Wensin Park in the evening is expected to draw 100,000 people, his camp said.
Hu will spend tomorrow soliciting support in Taichung County, before holding a campaign rally at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium in the evening.
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