‘BIG BROTHER’: Taoyuan’s mayor said that Cho Jung-tai, who has held numerous government posts and was a legislator, is well-regarded by the younger generation
Taipei Times
Date: Dec 15, 2018
By: Yang Chun-hui / Staff reporter
Executive Yuan Secretary-General Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) yesterday registered as a
Executive Yuan Secretary-General Cho Jung-tai, front, registers as a candidate in the Democratic Progressive Party chairperson election at the party’s headquarters in Taipei yesterday, accompanied by, back row from left, Chiayi County commissioner-elect Weng Chang-liang, former legislator Chen Chi-mai, Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan, Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien and Tainan mayor-elect Huang Wei-che. Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times
candidate in the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chairperson election after being nominated by a group of “middle generation” party members.
The group, led by Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦), on Thursday put forward Cho’s name, saying that they would accompany him yesterday afternoon to register as a candidate at the DPP’s headquarters in Taipei.
Cho would be competing with former DPP secretary-general Michael You (游盈隆) and former Kaohsiung County deputy commissioner Kuo Tai-ling (郭泰麟) for leadership of the party.
The group that nominated Cho includes Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien (林智堅), Chiayi County commissioner-elect Weng Chang-liang (翁章梁), former legislator Chen Chi-mai (陳其邁), outgoing Taichung Mayor Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍), Tainan mayor-elect Huang Wei-che (黃偉哲) and Pingtung County Commissioner Pan Men-an (潘孟安).
