Although he may be 37 percentage points behind incumbent Ma Ying-jeou (
Lee, currently the secretary-general of the Cabinet, plans to step down from his post on June 25 to officially start his campaign.
But for now, it's "unfair" to compare him to Ma or draw conclusions from opinion polls, Lee said.
PHOTO: GEORGE TSORNG, TAIPEI TIMES
Lee said he's confident that by election day, the gap between him and his opponent will be less than 10 percentage points.
Lee promised "a happy election and an efficient team" and stressed that his campaign team will follow high standards.
The Cabinet secretary-general also said that he has been busy helping Premier Yu Shyi-kun with disaster relief efforts and hasn't had the time to ask President Chen Shui-bian (
But his campaign team will certainly follow the president's line, Lee said.
Lee last week visited former president Lee Teng-hui (
Lee Teng-hui and his daughter, Annie Lee (
Lee said he gets along with the former president very well and the elder Lee cares very much for Taiwan's next generation.
The DPP will officially ask Lee to run for Taipei mayor on the party's ticket toward the end of this month.
Much of the campaign will be handled by government and DPP officials.
There are reports that top leaders will ask Hung Chi-chang (
Judging from the scope of Lee's team, resources and planned dinners, his campaign will match the efforts of Chen Shui-bian's bid to hold onto the office of Taipei mayor in 1998.
Lin Wen-yuan (
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