Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairman-elect Ma Ying-jeou (
"The importance of internal party elections should not be overlooked, and it should be both the KMT and DPP's priority to regulate political contributions or lobbies in the elections," Ma said yesterday after meeting with Lin.
"Lin said that he couldn't agree with me more when I proposed this idea to him," Ma said.
PHOTO: SEAN CHAO, TAIPEI TIMES
Ma's remarks were an echo of campaign promises he made during the KMT-chairmanship election, when he recommended the proposal to his party's headquarters.
He also pledged to help push the enactment of a political party bill which would require all political parties to enforce the Election and Recall Law of Civil Servants in their internal elections.
During their meeting, Lin presented Ma with two books he has written on mercy, hope and love, and said he was visiting Ma mainly to congratulate him on his victory in the KMT chairmanship election. He expressed the hope that Ma can contribute to the nation in his position as KMT chairman.
Lin denied that he served as a messenger for President Chen Shui-bian (
Ma reiterated that he will not rule out the possibility of meeting Chen at the right time and with proper issues to discuss.
"But I don't think there is any issue so far that I need to discuss with the president," he said.
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