UNINVITED: One DPP Taipei city councilor and two hopefuls slammed Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je on a radio show to try and assuage voters’ fears they support him
Taipei Times
Date: Apr 06, 2018
By: Su Fan-ho and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Three Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidates yesterday hinted they would
Democratic Progressive Party Taipei City Councilor Yan Juo-fang and city councilor candidates Huang Shou-ta and Wu Pei-yi, right to left, are interviewed on Hit FM radio in Taipei yesterday morning on Clara Chou’s CocoBreakfast show. Photo courtesy of Coco Breakfast, Hit FM radio
distance themselves from Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) in deference to voters, as a backlash from the pan-green camp mounts.
DPP Taipei City Councilor Yan Juo-fang (顏若芳), who is seeking re-election, told Hit FM radio host Clara Chou (周玉蔻) on her morning show that many DPP voters are irate over Ko’s stance on China.
Ko’s talk about Taiwan and China being one family has deeply offended her constituency in the 4th electoral district of Taipei, which is comprised of Zhongshan (中山) and Datong (大同) districts, Yan said.
Calling her voters staunch supporters of traditional DPP values, Yan said that many of them told her they would abandon the DPP in the Nov. 24 elections if the party endorses Ko in the mayoral election. [FULL STORY]
