LINCHPIN: President Tsai Ing-wen was quoted as saying that the former premier’s political credentials and connections to the city make him the party’s best candidate

Taipei Times
Date: Apr 13, 2018
By: Su Fang-ho and Jake Chung  /  Staff reporter, with staff writer

Former premier Su Tseng-chang (蘇貞昌) yesterday agreed to represent the Democratic

Progressive Party (DPP) in the New Taipei City mayoral election, although the paperwork formalizing his candidacy would not be completed until the end of this month.

President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), who is also DPP chairperson, yesterday met with Su after the party’s Central Executive Committee and its Electoral Strategy Committee on Wednesday recommended that Su be drafted as the party’s candidate for New Taipei City mayor, DPP spokesman Cheng Yun-peng (鄭運鵬) said.

The mayoral election is a linchpin of the party’s electoral strategy for the November nine-in-one elections that would be an overall morale booster if successful, Cheng quoted Tsai as saying at the meeting.    [FULL  STORY]