EXPECTED: Several unfavorable allegations did not keep former New Taipei City deputy mayor Hou You-yi from winning the KMT primary for the New Taipei City mayoral race
Taipei Times
Date: Apr 07, 2018
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday announced former New Taipei City deputy
Former New Taipei City deputy mayor Hou You-yi, center, applauds at a news conference at the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) New Taipei City office yesterday. It was announced that he is to be the party’s candidate in the New Taipei City mayoral election. Photo: Lai Hsiao-tung, Taipei Times
mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜) is the winner in the party’s three-legged primary for the mayoral election of New Taipei, the only KMT-governed special municipality.
KMT Organizational Development Committee Director Lee Che-hua (李哲華) announced the outcome at a morning news conference at KMT headquarters in Taipei, saying that Hou came in first in the averaged poll results, followed by former Taipei County commissioner Chou Hsi-wei (周錫瑋) and former New Taipei City councilor Ching Chieh-shou (金介壽).
Contrary to previous practice, Lee did not disclose the actual poll numbers, saying that all three hopefuls agreed to only publish their rankings for the sake of party solidarity and harmony.
“They believe [that the party’s] victory in the mayoral race is all that matters,” Lee said.
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