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Taipei, May 18 (CNA) Taiwan's opposition Kuomintang (KMT) chose former Premier Simon Chang (張善政) as its candidate for Taoyuan mayor following a closed-door meeting Wednesday.
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chose former premier Simon Chang (張善政) as its candidate for Taoyuan mayor at a closed-door meeting yesterday. Speaking after the party’s Central Standing Committee meeting, KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) said the decision was made based on “who can bring change to the city” rather than “who was interested in running.” Chu was likely referring to former Taipei city councilor Lo Chih-chiang of the KMT (羅智強), who last week resigned his post to seek the party’s nomination for Taoyuan mayor. KMT Secretary-General Justin Huang (黃健庭...
Taipei, May 5 (CNA) Kuomintang (KMT) Taipei City Councilor Lo Chih-chiang (羅智強) announced on Thursday that he will resign from his position next week to seek his party's nomination to run for mayor of one of Taiwan biggest cities, Taoyuan, showing his determination to win the election scheduled for November.
Taipei City Councilor Lo Chih-chiang (羅智強) of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday said he would resign from the council next week to seek his party’s nomination to run for mayor of Taoyuan, demonstrating his confidence in being selected by his party. Lo, who has chosen to resign on Monday, said that the move was historic, as no elected official in Taiwan has resigned a position before winning a party’s nomination to run for another elected post. Cheng Wen-tsan of the Democratic Progressive Party has been mayor of Taoyuan since 2014, when Taoyuan city and county were merged ...
A second identical proposal to probe a Mirror News incident was struck down yesterday by the legislature’s Transportation Committee, which voted 5-2 against the New Power Party (NPP) proposal to establish a task force to review documents related to the situation. Last week, the committee voted 7-5 to reject the motion, which was proposed both times by NPP Legislator Chen Jiau-hua (陳椒華). Chinese National Party (KMT) legislators Lu Ming-che (魯明哲) and Fu Kun-chi seconded yesterday’s motion. The motion said that Mirror News was permitted to submit supporting documents in its bid to...