In the five-point statement he issued, his intention to run for the election was quite clear, and he also reiterated his criticism that the political elite's enthusiasm for "secret room negotiations" is getting further and further away from the people. Unable to participate in th

Han Kuo-yu (Source: Taiwan's " China Times Electronic News ")

[Global Times special correspondent in Taipei Yu Lu] "Choose 2020 or not", Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu finally expressed his position on the 23rd under the spotlight. . In the five-point statement he issued, his candidacy was quite clear. At the same time, he also reiterated that the political elite's enthusiasm for "secret room negotiations" is getting further and further away from the people. Next, it depends on how the Kuomintang Central Committee will solve the problem.

cannot participate in the primary election under the current system

Chairman of Hon Hai Terry Gou has to compete in 2020 halfway, adding another variable to the KMT's "presidential" nomination. Han Guoyu, who was originally considered to be expected to be recruited to run for the election, issued a public statement on the 23rd to explain his thoughts. He first expressed his deep gratitude to the friends at home and abroad who have encouraged, supported and cared for him along the way, and then said, "During my time as mayor of Kaohsiung, I deeply realized that only if Taiwan is good, Kaohsiung will be better." "Only if Taiwan can change can I truly change Kaohsiung." As for the Kuomintang's 2020 "presidential election," "at this moment, I cannot participate in the primary election under the current system." Hanguo-yu criticized that for a long time, political elites have been keen on back-room negotiations and have become increasingly distant from the people. Taiwan's political reform cannot be delayed. "I hope that senior leaders in the party can understand public opinion, pay attention to the pulse of society, pay attention to the economy of the common people, and do not forget the world." There are many people suffering.” As for him, he was born, raised and died in Taiwan and will be buried in Taiwan in the future. "I am willing to take responsibility, regardless of personal gains and losses, honor and disgrace, I only hope to be able to change Taiwan." When interviewed on the afternoon of the 23rd, Hanguo-yu said that the statement contained his deep inner reaction and asked everyone to understand what he thought through words.

United News Network stated that this statement is equivalent to Han Guoyu's statement that he is willing to passively bear the responsibility and hopes to passively participate in the KMT's "presidential" primary election. Many netizens translated that he meant "I won't play in the primary election. If it is a direct recruitment, I will talk about it." DPP "legislator" Zhao Tianlin interpreted that Han Kuo-yu mentioned in the statement that "only if Taiwan is good, Kaohsiung will be good" and also blasted the "secret room negotiations" of the Kuomintang Central Committee. "This is an out-and-out statement of candidacy. , which can also be said to be a statement of being called up." Former "legislator" Qiu Yi said that the contents of Hanguo-yu's five-point statement can be summarized into three points: first, he wants to participate in the 2020 "general election", but is unwilling to participate in the KMT party primary election; second, his tendency The Central Committee of the Kuomintang directly recruited him instead of recruiting him for the primary election; the third party criticized the Kuomintang's backroom negotiations, obviously dissatisfied with Ma Ying-jeou and others' efforts to persuade Terry Gou to join the party. Qiu Yi said that he basically believed that the primary election system was there to make "winners shine and losers be convinced." If Han Guoyu aspired to a "general election," it would be better to participate in the primary election. If he gave up the primary election and used conscription, Instead, they fell into the trap of "secret room negotiations."

batches of "secret room negotiations" caused controversy

Han Kuo-yu's statement was said to have something to say. According to a report by China Times on the 23rd, the Kuomintang primary election was full of overt and covert attacks, which made Han Guoyu feel like a mute eating coptis. What he dared not say in his heart, Li Jiafen, the person who knows him best, seemed to say it for him. On the evening of the 22nd, Li Jiafen said shockingly, "It feels very uncomfortable to be shot in the back," leaving the outside world to endless speculation. Friends of Han Guoyu said that when Han was seriously considering it, the Kuomintang backed Guo Taiming, and even issued an honorary certificate to resolve Guo's party membership issue during Han's visit. How could South Korea be embarrassed? He also said that Han Guoyu had long had the feeling that party chairman Wu Dunyi used his name to force out former New Taipei Mayor Zhu Lilun and former "Legislative Yuan" Wang Jinping. Now Han Guo is doing it, which of course makes Han even more dissatisfied.

In response to Han Kuo-yu's statement, Kuomintang Chairman Wu Dunyi directly denied that there were secret room negotiations on the afternoon of the 23rd, saying "everything is open and fair." Ma Ying-jeou said he believed Wu Dunyi would make the best arrangements. The DPP stated that no matter who the KMT's final candidate is, the DPP is confident that it will put forward the strongest candidate to challenge. However, county and city heads still give priority to municipal administration, and Hanguo-yu still has to implement his commitments to the citizens. Wang Jinping said that he could understand Han's mood. He felt that Han had been greatly wronged. It was the selfishness of the party elites that led to his loss of power three years ago. He hoped that this time he would not let everyone think that he was repeating the same tricks.Terry Gou responded that he was disgusted with what Han Kuo-yu said: "Crown politics have long been keen on back-room negotiations." He has deeply felt the same in the past few days since announcing his candidacy. He called on the Party Central Committee to open the door and take a broad approach to the primary election system. Determine the rules for the primary election in a comprehensive, fair, and open manner as soon as possible. Terry Gou also said that he will definitely go through the KMT primaries and is confident that he will lead the KMT to win the "presidential election" in the end. Taipei Mayor Ke Wenzhe said intriguingly, "He was originally going to come after me (to announce whether to run for election), but I don't think he can hold it anymore!"

Former police professor Ye Yulan said that she did not think Terry Gou was behind it. The purpose of firing the gun was to "kahan", "What kind of person is Terry Gou? His candidacy must have been carefully considered... With Terry Gou's domineering attitude, how can it be that some people in the Kuomintang can just shout at him?" In addition, the Democratic Progressive Party Since the party came to power, the Kuomintang's homes have been ransacked, and Ma Ying-jeou often goes to the court. Who else is a political dignitary? "In my opinion, Wu Dunyi is a pitiful man. He shouldered the responsibility when the Kuomintang was at its lowest. I heard that there was a group of people he kowtowed to. creditor".

The ball was passed to Wu Dunyi again

The latest Dongsen News Cloud poll shows that Han Guoyu’s support rate is 26.2%, followed by Terry Gou with 24.0%, Wang Jinping and Zhu Lilun at 7.7% and 6.5% respectively. Even if Taipei Mayor Ko Wenzhe runs for office, the KMT, whether it introduces Han Kuo-yu or Terry Gou, is likely to win over Ko Wen-je, Tsai Ing-wen and Lai Ching-te. The poll also showed that if the Kuomintang party primaries, only Guo Taiming and Han Guoyu will run in the end. 31.2% of the respondents expressed support for Guo and 30.9% expressed support for Han; if Han finally decided not to run, in the original election Among the respondents who support him, 41.7% will turn to support Guo, 16.7% will turn to support Zhu Lilun, and the other 12.9% will turn to support Ke Wenzhe. "China Times" stated on the 23rd that if the number of votes driven by the "Korean Wave" in last year's "Nine-in-One" election was used to drive the KMT's victory, compared with the votes obtained in the 2016 "general election", there would be at least 4.28 million non-Korean non-voters.

In order to support Han Guoyu, Zeng Wenpei, a member of the Central Standing Committee of the Kuomintang, will put forward a proposal on the 24th to "take the victory as the goal and find the strongest candidate of the party", calling on the Party Central Committee to launch a nationwide polling mechanism in June to take the initiative to Grassroots party members are looking forward to the inclusion of Han Kuo-yu and all potential candidates in the selection process to identify the strongest candidates. He said that his proposal mainly suggested that the Party Central Committee coordinate and integrate government-run internal reference polls, or adopt a "full poll" method for the primary election. If the poll results show that the leader wins by more than 5 percentage points, the leader will be directly nominated; if it is less than 5 percentage points, the leader will be nominated directly. If it reaches 5 percentage points, do it again to confirm the strength.

celebrity mouthpiece Xie Hanbing believes that Han Guoyu's statement is equivalent to throwing the ball back in front of Wu Dunyi, and he is waiting to see whether the drama of forcing the palace will be staged on the 24th. "Lianhe Wanbao" stated that Hanguo Yu has shown ambition in his statement, boosted his pattern, and also expressed his willingness to choose to "take responsibility conditionally." Next, it depends on the wisdom of the top leaders of the Party Central Committee and whether they can design a plan. Let Han participate in the election through a "famous teacher" mechanism, and put forward a strong argument to convince the majority of public support. This is the challenge of whether Han can put on the jersey and go to war in 2020.