Radio Taiwan International 
Date: 19 April, 2019
By: John Van Trieste

President Tsai Ing-wen is calling for unity within her Democratic Progressive Party. That’s

President Tsai Ing-wen appears in this CNA file photo.

as the party faces the prospect of a divisive primary contest.

Tsai plans to run for a second term on the party’s ticket in next year’s presidential election. But in a surprise announcement last month, former Premier William Lai said he was launching his own bid to become the party’s 2020 candidate.

The party has extended a period of negotiations meant to work out a deal between the two candidates or convince one of them to stand down. But neither has budged, and the deadline for reaching a conclusion is in May.    [FULL  STORY]