The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) caucus yesterday elected Legislator Chen Pei-yu (陳培瑜) as secretary-general and Legislator Chung Chia-pin (鍾佳濱) as chief executive, while Ker Chien-ming (柯建銘) is to remain as whip.
The DPP caucus convened to elect its new leaders as the Legislative Yuan’s fourth session began, with Ker announcing the results of the vote after the meeting.
Chung received 43 votes in the caucus secretary-general election, while the three other candidates, Legislator Wang Shih-chien (王世堅), outgoing caucus chief executive Rosalia Wu (吳思瑤) and Chen, got one vote each.
Photo: Tien Yu-hua, Taipei Times
Chen received 44 votes in the chief executive election, while the two other candidates, Legislator Lin Shu-fen (林淑芬) and Chung, got one vote each.
Meanwhile, former Taipei mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) and Sun Yat-sen School president Chang Ya-chung (張亞中) yesterday registered to run in the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) chairperson election next month.
Yesterday was the last day to register for the election to replace outgoing KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) in a vote on Oct. 18.
Photo: Lo Pei-de, Taipei Times
After collecting the registration forms from the KMT headquarters in Taipei on Thursday, Hau returned at 10am yesterday 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).
He showed reporters calligraphy reading “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 DPP did not reflect on its mistakes and went on to manipulate ideology, he said, adding that the DPP is “echoing the US’ theory of Taiwan’s undetermined status” 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 entered the race for KMT chairperson to unify the party and facilitate cooperation with the Taiwan People’s Party.
Meanwhile, Chang said that the KMT needs to change.
He promised that, if elected, he would not allow war to break out in Taiwan and vowed to reinstate the Guidelines for National Unification, which were scrapped by then-president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) in 2006, as a means of fostering peace across the Taiwan Strait.
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