President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) re-election campaign team yesterday launched its central campaign office in Greater Taichung, with top Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) officials and local faction leaders gathering at the launch ceremony to drum up support for Ma.
The office launch, which had been delayed by two weeks, reflected the KMT’s intention to consolidate support in central Taiwan to counter Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) vice presidential candidate Su Jia-chyuan’s (蘇嘉全) support base in Greater Taichung.
Local faction leaders, including KMT Secretary-General Liao Liou-yi (廖了以), former Taichung County commissioner Chen Ken-ching (陳庚金) and Chinese Professional Baseball League president Chao Shou-po (趙守博), joined Ma, his vice presidential running mate Premier Wu Den-yih (吳敦義) and local government heads from Greater Taichung, Changhua and Nantou counties at the launch ceremony to campaign for the presidential ticket.
Amid cheers from supporters, Ma promoted government efforts to develop central Taiwan and accused the former DPP government of failing to carry out its promises, including the development of MRT lines and the integration of Taichung city and county.
“Things like lowering the price of rice wine are a small thing, but the DPP was unable to solve even that. What else can we expect them to do?” Ma asked.
Wu said the KMT was confident that voters in central Taiwan would support Ma and his experienced administration.
“The KMT will not only focus its efforts on central Taiwan. We have the confidence and determination to obtain victory in the presidential election,” he said.
Ma’s re-election campaign team is to establish campaign offices nationwide. KMT Culture and Communication Committee Director Chuang Po-chun (莊伯仲) said top party officials, including former KMT chairmen Lien Chan (連戰) and Wu Poh-hsiung (吳伯雄), as well as Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平), would join Ma and Wu to boost the campaign’s momentum.
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