‘DIFFICULT REFORMS’: Electoral defeats in 2016 and this year showed that the party needs to redesign and adjust its core aspects, KMT Legislator Johnny Chiang said
Taipei Times
Date: Feb 13, 2020
By: Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) and former KMT vice
Former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) vice chairman Hau Lung-bin, left, and KMT Legislator Johnny Chiang shake hands at KMT headquarters in Taipei yesterday after presenting their policy platforms for the party’s chairperson by-election.
Photo: Tu Chien-jung, Taipei Times
Speaking before the presentations began at KMT headquarters in Taipei, KMT Acting Chairman Lin Rong-te (林榮德) called the by-election “the most important step in the party’s push for reform.”
“No matter which of the two of us serves as the chairman of the KMT, we will face difficult reforms,” Chiang said. “The KMT has reached an important moment when reform cannot be avoided.”
Chiang said the party’s defeats in the 2016 and this year’s elections showed that it needs to “redesign and adjust” aspects such as its core values, policies and its nomination process.
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