No detailed content of encounter known ahead of crucial DPP meeting
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/05/28
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
Ex-Premier William Lai (left) and President Tsai Ing-wen (photos from Facebook)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) and ex-Premier William Lai (賴清德) talked without aides present from 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesday (May 28) at a location in Taipei City’s Yangmingshan area, reports said.
The meeting was unexpected as it came just one day before the ruling Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) Central Executive Committee (CEC) had to meet again to find a solution to the dispute about the presidential candidate selection process.
A CEC session last week failed to find a compromise, as Tsai continued to insist on the inclusion of cellphones in the opinion polls planned to determine who will represent the DPP in the January 2020 presidential election.
Lai has called on the party leadership to stick to the existing rules and conduct the polls as soon as possible. [FULL STORY]
