Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/06/19
By: Ku Chuan, Yeh Su-ping and Emerson Lim

Taipei, June 19 (CNA) President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) said the support of younger voters will be critical to her

chances of winning re-election after she was formally nominated Wednesday by the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) as its 2020 presidential candidate.

Tsai won the nomination after fending off a tough internal primary challenge from former Premier Lai Ching-te (賴清德), who mounted his bid in the wake of the DPP's major setback in the 2018 local elections in November that forced Tsai to resign as the party's chairperson.

"The goal for the 2020 elections is clear: win the presidency and more than half of the Legislature's seats," Tsai said, vowing to consolidate the party machinery and campaign teams for both the presidential and legislative elections to win public support.

The president eyed the support of the younger generations as the key to winning the election and said she will pursue that support by understanding and responding to their needs.    [FULL  STORY]