Former Taipei mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) and Sun Yat-sen School president Chang Ya-chung (張亞中) today registered to run in the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) chairperson election next month.
Today is the last day to register for the election to replace outgoing KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) on Oct. 18.
After having collected the forms yesterday, Hau returned to the KMT's headquarters in Taipei at 10am today to register, accompanied by New Taipei City Council Speaker Chiang Ken-huang (蔣根煌), and KMT legislators Lai Shyh-bao (賴士葆), Wang Hung-wei (王鴻薇) and Chang Chia-chun (張嘉郡).
Photo: Tien Yu-hua, Taipei Times
He showed reporters calligraphy that read “selfless” in Chinese, saying that it represented his motivation for running in the race.
President William Lai (賴清德) has used ideology to rule the country, worsening cross-strait relations, Hau said.
Lai initiated the mass recall campaign targeting opposition lawmakers, unsettling society and leading the country nowhere, he said.
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) did not reflect on their mistakes and went on to manipulate ideology, he said, adding that that the DPP is “echoing the US’ theory of the undetermined status of Taiwan” with its “distorted view of Taiwanese independence.”
Taiwanese should oust Lai in the 2028 election to ensure democracy, freedom, stability and prosperity, he said.
Hau said he decided to run in the race for KMT chairperson because he wants to unite the party and facilitate cooperation with the Taiwan People’s Party.
“We have to unite. We have to win. Here I am,” he said.
Meanwhile, Chang said that the KMT needs to change.
He promised not to allow war to break out in Taiwan if he becomes the party’s chairperson.
He also vowed to re-establish the Guidelines for National Unification, which were scrapped by then-president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) in 2006, to create peace across the Taiwan Strait.
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