Taipei Times
Date: Dec 14, 2015
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential candidate Eric Chu (朱立倫)
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) vice presidential candidate Jennifer Wang, left, and presidential candidate Eric Chu, center, yesterday wear chefs’ uniforms at the founding of a campaign support group for the catering trade. Photo: CNA
yesterday said that he would let matters run their course with regard to the possibility of inviting Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) to boost his campaign.
Chu made the remarks during a morning visit to a tourism factory in Yunlin County in response to reporters’ questions about rumors that one of Chu’s aides had telephoned Ko in the morning to sound him out on the topic.
“I think I will let everything run its course,” Chu said.
“I do not know which one of my aides spoke to Ko, but we are all friends and I will still extend my gratitude to him regardless of whether he comes to help me out or not,” he added. [FULL STORY]