The Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Central Executive Committee said yesterday that party members who desire to take part in the year-end municipality elections will have their candidacies decided by polls.
The Central Executive Committee meeting concluded that if consensus for one single candidate were reached following negotiation among hopefuls for that particular municipality, that candidate would represent the party in the election. Otherwise, aspiring candidates would have to be chosen by polls, the DPP said in a press statement after the committee meeting.
The DPP on Tuesday said there were two voices within the party: one favoring candidates vying to take part in elections being selected by polls, and the other supporting a combination of polls and party primaries.
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The Central Executive Committee meeting reached the consensus that polls would be the fairest option.
The decision will be submitted to the party’s National Congress, scheduled for Jan. 24, for approval.
The special municipality elections will be held in Taipei City, Taipei County, Taichung City and County, Tainan City and County, and Kaohsiung City and County, after an upgrading of Taipei County and the mergers of cities and counties into three special municipalities.
The elections have been widely regarded as vital to the next presidential election, which will take place in 2012.
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