Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Legislator and vice presidential candidate Cynthia Wu (吳欣盈) yesterday reiterated that the information missing from her financial disclosure statement is being dealt with, with the election just days away.
She made the remark on the sidelines of a campaign rally in Kaohsiung when asked about gaps in the most recent version of her financial information published on the Central Election Commission’s Web site, which is dated Monday last week.
The updated information includes NT$168,000 in accounts belonging to Wu’s son, but not the assets of her husband, Renaud van der Elst, a baron in Belgium.
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“I have said time and again that the declaration process is ongoing and that everything is being handled as the law requires,” Wu said, before ending the question-and-answer session with reporters.
Wu has been stumping for TPP legislative candidates in central and southern regions to demonstrate the party’s resolve to become an alternative to the nation’s two-party system, she said, urging people to vote.
Separately, TPP Chairman and presidential candidate Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) traveled through Taoyuan in a motorcade that stopped at temples and toured urban districts.
Asked about a video uploaded by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) presidential candidate Vice President William Lai’s (賴清德) campaign team, Ko said that the DPP’s social media department is faking enthusiasm for its material because the video had 50,000 views, but only 20,000 likes.
“Your cyberbrigade is being lazy,” he said without elaborating on which DPP-affiliated channel he was referring to.
The video suggests Lai would continue President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) foreign policy, he said.
“If that were true, the US would not be constantly questioning your [Lai’s] stance,” Ko said.
Asked if he believed the DPP’s recent advertisement highlighting the importance of choosing the right vice presidential candidate was an attack on his campaign, Ko said he agreed with the spirit of the message, but has to ask whether Lai was personally responsible for selecting his running mate.
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