Taipei Times
Date: Oct 23, 2017
By: Chien Hui-ju / Staff reporter, with CNA
Huang Kuo-chang, second left, make fishball soup, a traditional Yilan dish, at the
New Power Party (NPP) Legislator Freddy Lim, left, and NPP Executive Chairman
opening ceremony of the party’s chapter in Yilan County yesterday.
Photo: Chien Hui-ju, Taipei Times
The New Power Party (NPP) is to nominate candidates for next year’s city and county councilor elections by the end of this year, and is to focus on the six special municipalities.
The list of candidates for the six special municipalities might include candidates for Yunlin County and Hsinchu, NPP Executive Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) said during an opening ceremony of the party’s Yilan chapter, its 10th local office.
The party is also planning to field its own candidates for other cities and counties to reform the nation’s political landscape, Huang said.
Huang praised Yilan as a sacred place for Taiwan’s democracy, having given birth to revered political figures such as former Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) chairman Lin I-hsiung (林義雄), former Yilan County commissioner Chen Ding-nan (陳定南) and Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu (陳菊). [FULL STORY]
