A FIRST DEBATE: Representatives from eight parties made pitches to voters in a televised debate, with many seeking to separate themselves from the DPP and KMT
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 16, 2019
By: Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter
Eight political parties presented their platforms yesterday in one of the first debates of the election
Citizens Congress Watch chairman Wu Kun-lu yesterday hosts a televised debate for eight political parties out of a total of 19 that have nominated legislator-at-large candidates. The debate was organized by Citizens Congress Watch and Formosa Television.
Photo: Hsieh Chun-lin, Taipei Times
The debate, cohosted by legislative watchdog Citizen Congress Watch (CCW) and Formosa TV (FTV), was the first in a series of televised debates for the elections on Jan. 11, said FTV News vice president Anne Hu (胡婉玲), who moderated the debate with CCW executive director Leo Chang (張宏林).
The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), the People First Party (PFP), the New Power Party (NPP), the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), the Taiwan Statebuilding Party, the New Party and the Green Party Taiwan were each represented by two speakers at the event.
During the opening statements, DPP legislator-at-large nominee Tung Chien-hung (董建宏) touted his party’s accomplishments, saying that “over the past four years … we have passed 745 bills.”
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