Tsai Pi-ju Announces Candidacy for Changhua County Magistrate; KMT 'Believes TPP Will Handle It Appropriately'
The KMT has nominated Wei Ping-cheng for the Changhua County magistrate election, while the TPP's Tsai Pi-ju has also declared her intent to run. This development in a district not covered by the 'Blue-White' cooperation framework has drawn attention to the future of the opposition alliance.
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(CNA, Taipei, 13th) The Kuomintang (KMT) today nominated former Disciplinary Committee Chairman Wei Ping-cheng to run for Changhua County Magistrate. Meanwhile, former Taiwan People's Party (TPP) legislator Tsai Pi-ju also announced her bid for the nomination, raising questions about how the 'Blue-White' coalition will coordinate. KMT Organizational Development Committee Chairman Lee Che-hua stated that the initial agreement between the parties was to cooperate in four counties and cities, including New Taipei, and he believes the TPP central command will handle the situation appropriately.
The KMT held its Central Standing Committee meeting this afternoon and formally approved the nomination of Wei Ping-cheng to represent the party in the Changhua County magistrate race. Tsai Pi-ju, also intending to seek the nomination, formally expressed her intentions at the TPP Central Committee today, accompanied by TPP Secretary-General Chou Yu-hsiu.
Regarding the future cooperation and integration between the Blue and White camps, with both having candidates for the Changhua election, Lee Che-hua said in an interview after the Central Standing Committee meeting that Chou Yu-hsiu had called him to explain the matter immediately after Tsai Pi-ju submitted her letter of intent at the TPP's Changhua County headquarters yesterday.
Lee stated that the cooperation agreement between the two parties initially covered four municipalities: Hsinchu City, Chiayi City, Yilan County, and New Taipei City. This included issuing a common vision, the KMT yielding Hsinchu City, and completing the process of jointly endorsing candidates in the other three cities.
Lee emphasized that he respects Tsai Pi-ju's expression of her intent to run, but this must return to the joint negotiation mechanism between the two parties. He believes that for the sake of the greater cooperation of the opposition, a very appropriate arrangement will be made.
When asked by reporters if Changhua would not follow the model of New Taipei and Yilan, where primaries were held to decide the candidate, Lee stated that the initial agreement only covered Hsinchu, New Taipei, and the other two cities. As Tsai Pi-ju is currently a TPP member expressing her will to run for Changhua Magistrate, he believes the TPP central command will handle it very appropriately. (Editing: Lin Ker-lun, Zhai Si-jia) 1150513
The KMT held its Central Standing Committee meeting this afternoon and formally approved the nomination of Wei Ping-cheng to represent the party in the Changhua County magistrate race. Tsai Pi-ju, also intending to seek the nomination, formally expressed her intentions at the TPP Central Committee today, accompanied by TPP Secretary-General Chou Yu-hsiu.
Regarding the future cooperation and integration between the Blue and White camps, with both having candidates for the Changhua election, Lee Che-hua said in an interview after the Central Standing Committee meeting that Chou Yu-hsiu had called him to explain the matter immediately after Tsai Pi-ju submitted her letter of intent at the TPP's Changhua County headquarters yesterday.
Lee stated that the cooperation agreement between the two parties initially covered four municipalities: Hsinchu City, Chiayi City, Yilan County, and New Taipei City. This included issuing a common vision, the KMT yielding Hsinchu City, and completing the process of jointly endorsing candidates in the other three cities.
Lee emphasized that he respects Tsai Pi-ju's expression of her intent to run, but this must return to the joint negotiation mechanism between the two parties. He believes that for the sake of the greater cooperation of the opposition, a very appropriate arrangement will be made.
When asked by reporters if Changhua would not follow the model of New Taipei and Yilan, where primaries were held to decide the candidate, Lee stated that the initial agreement only covered Hsinchu, New Taipei, and the other two cities. As Tsai Pi-ju is currently a TPP member expressing her will to run for Changhua Magistrate, he believes the TPP central command will handle it very appropriately. (Editing: Lin Ker-lun, Zhai Si-jia) 1150513