The gloves are off in the bout for Taichung mayor, and there's still five months to go before voters go to the polls.
In the June 9 and June 10 editions of the Taiwan Daily (台灣日報), a half-page newspaper advertisement paid for by "veteran DPP members" urged DPP candidate Michael Tsai (蔡明憲) to drop out of the race.
The ad accused Tsai, a legislator and member of the DPP's New Tide faction, of "being extremely ruthless toward the party's other factions."
The advertisement also said Tsai is trying to "condemn" incumbent Taichung Mayor and DPP member Chang Wen-ying (張溫鷹) to an early political "death" after beating Chang in the party's primary elections.
"Tsai, who once paid a visit to former KMT heavyweight Lin Yang-kang (
The DPP's Taichung headquarters has attempted to find out who paid for the ad, coming up only with the name of Tsao Shih-chieh (
The name "Tsao Shih-chieh may have been used by Tsai's rivals to smear his name," Hsiao Chieh (
Hsiao said that Chang or members of the KMT were possibly behind the newspaper ad.
The Taichung party chief said the DPP would attempt to take legal action to find out who paid for the ad, but at present there isn't enough information to file a suit.
The newspaper advertisement also criticized former DPP National Assembly member Ho Min-hao (
Ho said mudslinging in the lead up to an election wasn't unusual. "It's a common practice in Taichung elections to mislead voters and to attack candidates," Ho said.
He ruled out the possibility that Chang was behind the advertisement, saying "It's not her style and it's more likely that someone in the KMT camp did it."
Though Chang lost the party's nomination, she remains undecided on whether to run for re-election as an independent.
Hsiao said yesterday that he believes Chang has been contacting "certain people" who might stump for her. Should Chang choose to run as an independent, her DPP membership would be suspended, Hsiao said.
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