Focus Taiwan
Date: 01/20/2020
By: Wang Cheng-chung and Chiang Yi-ching

Taipei, Jan. 20 (CNA) Former Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) said Monday that he will run for

chairman of the main opposition Kuomintang (KMT), making him the third person to announce their candidacy.

National Taiwan University Professor Chang Ya-chung (張亞中) and Blue Sky Action Alliance Chairman Wu Chih-chang (武之璋) have also said they will vie for the post.

Former Chairman Wu Den-yih (吳敦義) stepped down on Jan. 15 following the party's defeat in the Jan. 11 presidential and legislative elections, and an election to select his successor will be held March 7.

In the Facebook post announcing his run, Hau, a former KMT vice chairman as well as Taipei mayor from 2006 to 2014, outlined the three guiding principles for reforms he would undertake if elected.    [FULL  STORY]