Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Lo Chih-chiang (羅智強), former KMT lawmaker Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) and former Changhua County commissioner Cho Po-yuan (卓伯源) today registered to run in the party’s chairperson election.
Lo and Cheng each paid an administration fee of NT$3 million (US$99,688) and a deposit of NT$10 million while surrounded by their supporters.
Lo said he believes he is the most appropriate candidate to unite the party, facilitate cooperation with the Taiwan People’s Party and gather grassroots political support.
Photo: Liao Chen-hui, Taipei Times
His goal is for the KMT to win the elections next year and in 2028, he said.
Uniting the opposition is the only way to defeat President William Lai (賴清德), he added.
Today is a day of national disgrace, Cheng said, criticizing the ruling Democratic Progressive Party for “echoing the US’ theory of the undetermined status of Taiwan” on the 80th anniversary of Taiwan’s Retrocession Day.
Cheng said that she is looking forward to a fair and open election within the KMT.
Meanwhile, Cho said that he would promote the direct election of members of the Control Yuan to safeguard people’s rights.
He would also “rescue” KMT workers who are persecuted by an “unfair judiciary,” Cho said.
Regarding cross-strait relations, “one China” is the basis for peace, he said, adding that he supports the “1992 consensus.”
The so-called “1992 consensus,” a term former Mainland Affairs Council chairman Su Chi (蘇起) in 2006 admitted making up in 2000, refers to a tacit understanding between the KMT and the Chinese government that both sides of the Taiwan Strait acknowledge there is “one China,” with each side having its own interpretation of what “China” means.
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