Taipei Times
Date: Jun 22, 2015
By: Loa Iok-sin / Staff reporter
Despite having sought a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) nomination for next year’s legislative
Soochow University associate professor Hsu Yung-ming, second right, is joined by Freddy Lim, left, and Lin Feng-jeng, right, both members of the New Power Party (NPP) leadership, and NPP party member Huang Kuo-chang, as Hsu announces that he is joining the NPP at a news conference at the party headquarters in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Liu Hsin-de, Taipei Times
election, Soochow University associate professor Hsu Yung-ming (徐永明) yesterday announced that he would join the New Power Party (NPP) and withdraw from running for district representation.
“I’ve never joined any political party, but since I agree with the NPP’s ideologies and would like to share the responsibility with my friends in the NPP to create a new political party with progressive values, I hereby announce that I am joining the party,” Hsu told a news conference at NPP headquarters in Taipei yesterday.
“I have also decided to withdraw from running for the legislative seats representing the eight electoral districts in Taichung, including Fengyuan (豐原), Shigang (石岡), Shinshe (新社), Dongshi (東勢) and Heping (和平), and plan to support DPP nominee Hsieh Chih-chung (謝志忠),” he added.
Hsu said his father is a native of Shengang District (神岡), and his mother comes from Fengyuan, which is why he decided to help NPP candidate Hung Tzu-yung (洪慈庸) and the DPP’s Hsieh in their respective electoral districts, rather than running himself. [FULL STORY]
