Taipei Times
Date: Jan 23, 2018
By: Chen Wei-han  /  Staff reporter

While the New Taipei City mayoral seat will be a key indicator of the Democratic

Former premier Su Tseng-chang holds up a book about Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu written by author Lin Hsing-fei in Kaohsiung in an undated photograph.  Photo: Screen grab from Facebook

Progressive Party’s (DPP) performance in the local elections at the end of this year, there is no possibility of Premier William Lai (賴清德) running in the elections, DPP Legislator Tuan Yi-kang (段宜康) said yesterday.

With the DPP expected to secure re-election in Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan and Taoyuan, and working to prevent the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) from seizing Taipei, New Taipei City would be a major battleground between the two parties in the Nov. 24 election, Tuan said during a radio interview.

While the DPP might lose some cities to the KMT, a possible win in New Taipei City would be interpreted as a landslide victory for the DPP if the KMT fails to secure any of the six special municipalities, Tuan said.    [FULL  STORY]