‘SERIOUS CONSIDERATION’:Former vice president Wu Den-yih said that he must ‘shoulder a portion of the burden of responsibility’ when the party is in distress
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 07, 2017
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱) might face at least two challengers
Former vice president Wu Den-yih speaks to reporters during a visit to Harvard University’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies in Cambridge, Massachusetts, yesterday. Photo courtesy of the Taipei Photojournalist Society
in the party’s chairperson election in May, as former vice president Wu Den-yih (吳敦義) and KMT Vice Chairman Hau Lung-bin (郝龍斌) are expected to announce their bids at separate news conferences on Monday.
Wu, who briefly served as interim KMT chairman in December 2014 after then-party leader Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) stepped down over an electoral defeat, yesterday confirmed, although ambiguously, that he is interested in vying for the KMT chairmanship.
“Despite being only an opposition party at the moment, the KMT must nevertheless do its utmost to scrutinize the ruling party to ensure that our nation can continue to improve and develop. Many of my fellow party members are looking to me to fulfill those expectations,” Wu said yesterday.
Wu said as both the nation and the party had offered him significant assistance when he served as KMT vice chairman, premier and lawmaker, he must “shoulder a portion of the burden of responsibility” when the party is in distress. [FULL STORY]
