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A survey conducted by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on support for potential candidates for the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chair election, scheduled for July, makes uncomfortable reading for KMT Chairman Johnny Chiang (江啟臣).
The results show overwhelming support for his rival, former New Taipei City mayor Eric Chu (朱立倫).
If they are accurate across the board, KMT voters are looking to eschew the outsider National Policy Foundation vice chairman Sean Lien (連勝文); keep their distance from the populist upstart former Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜); say thanks, but no thanks to the stumbling incumbent, Chiang; and opt for Chu, the moderately
Former New Taipei City mayor Eric Chu (朱立倫) is likely to be the most popular candidate in the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) chairperson election, a survey conducted by the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) found.
The party is holding its chairperson election in July, and Chu is likely the most favorable candidate whether it is a two-way race with incumbent KMT Chairman Johnny Chiang (江啟臣), a three-way race including former Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜), or a four-way race including National Policy Foundation vice chairman Sean Lien (連勝文), the survey showed.
In a two-way race, 53.7 percent of all respondents said they
Sean Lien (連勝文), vice chairman of the National Policy Foundation, which is affiliated with the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT), yesterday said that he would “seriously consider” running for KMT chairman in an election that is expected to take place in July.
Lien, the son of former vice president and former KMT chairman Lien Chan (連戰), was the KMT’s Taipei mayoral candidate in 2014. He lost to Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), who ran as an independent and was backed by the Democratic Progressive Party.
Asked in a radio interview yesterday whether he would run for KMT chairman, Lien said that before
Ma, Jaw can help as guinea pigs
By Tommy Lin 林逸民
Vaccination strategies are highly scientific, with best practices for vaccine selection and vaccination procedures depending on a country’s particular situation.
However, politicians can always be relied on to politicize an issue. In this case, former president Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) and would-be president Jaw Shaw-kong (趙少康) are blatant examples. As well as singing the praises of Chinese vaccines, they have escalated the vaccination strategy issue into a Taiwan Strait issue.
Although some countries have chosen to use Chinese vaccines, they are not in the majority. Many of them are developing countries strapped for cash. Two countries that have chosen to use Chinese vaccines are Argentina and Peru, where scandals over privileged access to the vaccine have forced their health ministers to step down.