Taipei Times
Date: Sep 20, 2017
By: Chen Wei-han / Staff reporter
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), if he runs for president in 2020, might have a
Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation chairman You Ying-lung gestures during an interview in Taipei yesterday on Pop Radio. Photo: CNA
similar magnitude of influence as People First Party Chairman James Soong (宋楚瑜), who nearly won the 2000 presidential election as an independent candidate, Taiwanese Public Opinion Foundation chairman You Ying-lung (游盈隆) said yesterday.
In a radio interview, You commented on Ko’s rising popularity and his potential candidacy.
“Ko might well be the next James Soong judging from the structure of his support base,” You said.
Soong, who entered the 2000 race as an independent after losing the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) presidential nomination to then-vice president Lien Chan (連戰), was then expelled from the KMT and the party accused him of embezzling millions of US dollars from it in what became known as the Chung Hsing Bills Finance scandal. [FULL STORY]
