Premier Su Tseng-chang (
The DPP is expected to hold its presidential primary next May.
Chairman Yu Shyi-kun recently said the timetable still needed to be discussed by the party's Central Executive Committee.
PHOTO: CHEN TSE-MING, TAIPEI TIMES
"I have said more than once that I am a man who wants to dedicate myself to the people and to the DPP. I will respect the DPP mechanism regarding the issue of the presidential candidacy," Su said. "It is only the end of 2006 and still too early to talk about the 2008 presidential election, isn't it?"
Su made the remarks during the Cabinet's year-end news press conference when asked to comment on former premier Frank Hsieh (
Former presidential adviser Koo Kwang-ming (
Su yesterday revealed that Koo had affirmed him as well.
"During our last conversation, he told me `to be prepared to be a national leader,'" Su said. "In return, I asked him `How many people have you said that to?'"
Su also denied there were any disagreements between himself and President Chen Shui-bian (
Responding to questions from reporters, Su said he was very thankful to the president for appointing him to his position and offering him trust and support over the past year.
He stressed that any policies adopted by the Cabinet would take into account the overall interests of the country and that the Cabinet fully complied with the president's instructions on issues such as national defense, foreign affairs and cross-strait relations.
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