Taipei Times
Date: Jan 30, 2016
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter

Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) yesterday criticized the protracted

Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je, second right, shakes hands with former Osaka mayor Toru Hashimoto yesterday in Osaka, Japan. Photo: CNA, courtesy of the Taipei City Government

four-month interim period between the presidential election and the presidential handover, saying the issue must be resolved by a legal amendment, as no other country has such a long interval between the two dates.

“I think that the late handover date must be resolved. Which other country in the world has to go through such a long wait for the presidential handover?” he said in Osaka, Japan, in response to media queries.

Asked whether Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) president-elect Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) should try to solve the issue during her first term in office, Ko said: “The sooner it is solved, the better. The establishment of a system should not be based on personal interests, but on long-term national development.”     [FULL  STORY]