Former Premier and two DPP lawmakers have reportedly been dissuaded from running in favor of Su Tseng-chang
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/04/08
By: Sophia Yang, Taiwan News, Staff Reporter
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – To win the only one of the country’s six special municipalities not
The photo shows former Taipei County Magistrate Su Tseng-chang’s (蘇貞昌) (By Central News Agency)
currently governed by the ruling party, Democratic Progressive Party Chairperson and Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has reportedly tapped former Taipei County Magistrate Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) to run for New Taipei mayor, reaching consensus within the party on who is best suited to beat the KMT nominee.
Former national police chief Hou Yu-ih (侯友宜) , who served as vice mayor the past few years, recently won the Kuomintang primary to be its candidate in the upcoming New Taipei City mayoral election, while the DPP has yet to announce its candidate for the election.
All of Taiwan will hold local elections on November 24, and since the New Taipei City Mayor and KMT member Eric Liluan Chu (朱立倫) is reaching the end of his second and final term, both the KMT and DPP are looking for new contenders. [FULL STORY]
