Radio Taiwan International
Date: 17 September, 2019
By: Natalie Tso

Former Vice President Annette Lu is running for president as an independent. Her running mate is former Nantou County Magistrate Peng Pai-hsian. They registered on Tuesday, the deadline for candidate registration.

Lu is backed by the Formosa Alliance, a pro-independence political group that split off from the Democratic Progressive Party in 2018.

She said that Taiwan’s land mass is 136th in the world, but its competitiveness is ranked 17. Taiwan is not a weak country but the polarized political scene have left young people without hope. Lu shared her vision for Taiwan:    [FULL  STORY]