Jack Yu (游梓翔), Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) prospective presidential candidate Hung Hsiu-chu’s (洪秀柱) spokesperson, said it was “sheer speculation” by certain media to claim that Hung and Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平) have a quid pro quo agreement guaranteeing Wang’s seat in the legislature in exchange for his support for Hung.
Yu yesterday denied the rumor that Hung would help Wang amend the party’s platform to keep Wang’s seat as a legislator-at-large — as the platform says a legislator can be re-elected as a legislator-at-large only once and Wang has reached that limit — in exchange for Wang’s support for Hung.
“Hung, as a party member and the party’s prospective presidential candidate, will support the party’s resolution and stance,” Yu said.
Wang separately yesterday said of KMT Chairman Eric Chu’s (朱立倫) remarks that Hung and Wang would cooperate: “That is [Chu’s] expectation. So far there has been no contact [from Chu].”
“Hung visited me [on Thursday] and we had a talk that lasted about an hour. She understands that it cannot be that we both spend all our time on the election campaign, so she stopped asking me [to be her campaign director],” Wang said.
When asked whether he would stump for Hung, Wang said he would certainly offer help and has provided her a list of candidates for her campaign team.
He also denied media reports of a deal between him and Hung.
Regarding the state of the KMT, as many members are leaving the party, Yu said a party is united because it has the same goals and Hung has been making efforts to attract more support.
What we have seen at the grass-roots level is that “more and more people, who had been disappointed with the party or had lost faith in it, are coming back,” Yu said.
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