TWO DOWN:As potential Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) presidential contenders step aside, Lee Teng-hui said Wang Jin-pyng had qualities a leader should have
Taipei Times
Date: May 03, 2015
By: Shih Hsiu-chuan / Staff reporter
Vice President Wu Den-yih (吳敦義) yesterday said that he would not take part
Vice President Wu Den-yih speaks at a religious event in Taichung yesterday. Photo: CNA
in the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) presidential primary, ending speculation on his run for the top office next year.
“No. Amitoufo,” Wu said to reporters on the sideline of a Buddhist event in Taichung, invoking a Buddhist mantra.
It was the first time that Wu gave an unequivocal answer to a question he has been asked repeatedly while the KMT has not announced a candidate. [FULL STORY]