The New Power Party (NPP) yesterday announced two candidates for the Nov. 26 local elections — Chu Che-cheng (朱哲成) and Lin Chih-hao (林志豪) — both of whom are former members of the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP).
Asked about his decision to switch parties, Chu said he supports the NPP’s refusal to put forward any candidates implicated in criminal cases and its lack of factionalism.
The NPP represents the ideals and persistence of a true “third force,” Chu added.
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Asked the same question, Lin said he made the decision to come to the NPP because he felt the TPP lacked integrity.
Chu is to run for Taoyuan city councilor, while Lin is to run for Miaoli county councilor, NPP Chairwoman Chen Jiau-hua (陳椒華) told a Taipei news conference.
Chen also announced Nancy Wang (王南昕) as the party’s nominee for Penghu County’s Magong City (馬公) councilor and Huang Chin-chi (黃金吉) as township representative for Changhua County’s Pusin Township (埔心).
The party will have three candidates running for city mayor or county commissioner, 46 candidates for city or county councilor, six candidates for township or village representative and three running for borough warden, Chen said.
“The NPP’s candidates are all young people who are driven by passion and sincerity, and are opposed to corruption. I encourage people to come out and vote for them,” she said.
Chu said the NPP had faced coercion and temptation from other parties and corporations over the years, but had not deviated from its values since its founding seven years ago.
Lin said he had been drawn into politics by the TPP, which promised integrity and an opportunity for youth participation in politics, but decided to leave over disputes, and what he saw as a lack of integrity and uprightness in its core values.
Lin said he had been inspired by the youthful NPP Miaoli County Councilor Sang Kok-ting (宋國鼎), who has fought against corruption in the county.
“There are already 112 city and county councilors who have been sued or indicted in criminal cases. Use your precious vote wisely,” Chen said.
In a separate press conference held yesterday in Kaohsiung with NPP Kaohsiung City Councilor Lin Yu-kai (林于凱), Chen criticized the Democratic Progressive Party and Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) for approving amendments that allow some people serving prison terms to work outside prison.
The issue has been hotly debated in local media, as murder suspect Lin Hsin-wu (林信吾) was on such a work program when he allegedly killed two police officers in Tainan on Monday.
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