Disciplinary actions against former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Hsinchu County commissioner Lin Guang-hua (林光華) for backing a non-DPP candidate will be discussed after tomorrow’s election, DPP spokesman Tsai Chi-chang (蔡其昌) said yesterday.
In the next two days, he said, the party and its major officers will focus all their energy on drumming up votes for the DPP’s nominees in the 15 counties and cities in which the party is running.
Lin recently refused to campaign for his party’s nominee in the Hsinchu County commissioner race, Peng Shao-jin (彭紹瑾), instead throwing his weight behind independent candidate Chang Pi-chin (張碧琴).
Chang, speaker of the Hsinchu County Council, was expelled by the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) in October for refusing to back out of the race after the party chose KMT Legislator Chiu Ching-chun (邱鏡淳) as its candidate for the election.
Lin said he believed that Chang would be the best leader for the county and that she stood a high chance of beating her KMT opponent.
Speaking at a press conference, Tsai said that according to Article 15 of the party statute, any party member that vouched for a candidate of an opposing party by speaking ill of a DPP nominee risks disciplinary action.
The investigation into Lin’s possible transgression will start after the election, he said.
Meanwhile, DPP Chairperson Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) visited Hsinchu City and county yesterday to urge voters to express their dissatisfaction with the “incompetent” government of President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) by supporting DPP candidates.
Both Ma, who also doubles as KMT chairman, and Tsai will be in Yilan County tonight to make a last-minute effort to woo support for their candidates there.
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