Culture Minister says DPP should nominate own Taipei City mayoral candidate
Date: 2018/05/09
By: Matthew Strong,Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – As speculation is mounting about the ruling Democratic
Taipei City Mayor Ko Wen-je (center) visiting a temple Tuesday. (By Central News Agency)
Progressive Party’s (DPP) attitude toward this year’s mayoral elections, Taipei City Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said Wednesday that if he was re-elected, he would not run for president in 2020 but support an eventual re-election bid by President and DPP Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文).
In 2014, the DPP backed Ko, who ran as an independent and won a landslide victory amid widespread calls for change.
However, for the mayoral elections on November 24, the party has been having second thoughts, with a large number of its politicians calling for a separate DPP candidate.
At the origin of many DPP complaints was a remark by Ko calling the Taiwanese and the Chinese members of one family, a statement for which the outspoken mayor apologized Wednesday. [FULL STORY]
