New Party Chairman Yok Mu-ming (
"The New Party will allow room for the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and People First Party (PFP) to consider whether our nomination would affect them," Yok said.
"However, if the process of the merger is not satisfactory, the eight candidates will fight for themselves in the elections," said Yok. He said that both KMT and PFP should not only think of their own interests, and should be sincere in the merger. He reiterated that the pan-blue alliance should be united, and that he looked forward to a time after the merger when talented politicians can move between the three parties.
The number of candidates nominated by the New Party to run this year rose to eight, after the second round results of candidate recruitment, the party announced.
The eight candidates, aged 34 to 63, are Lai Shyh-bao (
The party also announced that its election symbol would be a phoenix spreading its two wings, with one wing representing the state and the other, the people.
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