The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Central Standing Committee yesterday nominated Jian Township (吉安) Mayor Yu Shu-chen (游淑貞) as its candidate for Hualien County commissioner, Legislator Chen Yu-jen (陳玉珍) for Kinmen County commissioner and Legislator Chang Chia-chun (張嘉郡) for Yunlin County commissioner.
The three nominees for the Nov. 28 local elections are the "most outstanding, most qualified female power representatives" in the party, KMT Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) said.
The KMT has achieved strong results in the counties and cities it governs, and those results rely on the party's female leadership, Cheng said.
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In Hualien, the nomination of Yu comes as several other figures in the KMT have indicated their plans to run for Hualien County commissioner, including Hualien County Council Speaker Chang Chun (張峻).
The party chose Yu as its nominee based on results from an internal poll, but media personality Ho Chi-sheng (何啟聖) and former Hualien City mayor Yeh Yao-hui (葉耀輝), who also sought the nomination, have repeatedly said the process was unfair.
Yeh filed a lawsuit over the issue.
Yu's nomination would not affect his determination to run, Yeh said, adding that he plans in May to commission a polling company to conduct comparative polling with Yu to provide the party leadership with a basis for deciding on whether to change the nominee.
Meanwhile, independent Hualien County Councilor Wei Chia-hsien (魏嘉賢) announced after the Lunar New Year that he would run for Hualien County commissioner.
In December last year, the KMT completed its first round of nominations for the local elections, including Legislator Hsieh Lung-chieh (謝龍介) for mayor of Tainan, Legislator Ko Chih-en (柯志恩) for mayor of Kaohsiung, Legislator Su Ching-chuan (蘇清泉) for Pingtung County commissioner and Taitung County Council Speaker Wu Hsiu-hua (吳秀華) for Taitung County commissioner.
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