Taipei City Deputy Mayor Cai Bingkun May "fill in" the election Taichung Mayor? According to "Taiwan Wake-Up News", once Cai Bingkun is confirmed to run for election, it may have an impact on the current mayor Lu Xiuyan. However, Cai Bingkun pointed out in an interview that he has to take care of the Central Changtou area on behalf of the People's Party during public holidays, and is also looking for suitable candidates for county mayor; he will "fill in" unless he cannot find a suitable candidate. . If he runs for mayor, it will have an impact on both blue and green.
On the morning of the weekend before the New Year, Taipei City Vice Mayor Cai Bingkun invited Taichung City Councilor candidates of the People’s Party and city party committee chairman Guo Dahong and others to hold a press conference announcing the candidacy of the five councilors. Cai Bingkun also personally wrote Spring Festival couplets and presented them as gifts. To the candidates and reporters in attendance. Although Tsai Bingkun did not clearly indicate his intention to run for mayor of Taichung when asked by Taiwanese media reporters, there were Taiwanese media on the scene who were testing Tsai's candidacy, and they should be close to it.
After the meeting, Tsai said in a telephone interview with "Taiwan Wake Up News" that he has not yet decided whether to run for the election. If there are no suitable candidates to invest, he will take the responsibility and "fill the seat"; only county mayors and city councilors can be candidates. Only by fighting as a team can the Popular Party take root in the local areas. However, with the People's Party's current support rate, it is still very difficult for the county mayor to win the election. However, Cai expressed his hope to establish a "party group" in the parliament; that is, at least three county and city councilors must be elected.
Cai Bingkun was the deputy mayor of Taichung City during the Hu Zhiqiang era. In the past, he still maintained a non-party membership in Taichung and briefly went to the Taiwan authorities to serve as the "undersecretary" for political affairs in charge of the cultural department. After another rotation of political parties, he resigned and was later invited by Taipei Mayor Ke Wenzhe to serve as deputy mayor of Taipei City. When Ko Wenzhe formed the Taiwan People's Party, Tsai Bingkun joined the People's Party because he agreed with party chairman Ke Wenzhe's political philosophy of "tolerance for society" and served as a member of the People's Party Central Committee.
Cai Bingkun responded to reporters' questions by saying "take responsibility" and "fill the seat", saying that as a person from the administrative system, he is no longer opposed to running for election. As for which county or city he will run for the fill-in seat, it has not been made clear. Although there were rumors in the past that he might run for Nantou County Magistrate, but because of his actions of personally going to Taichung to hold a press conference to write Spring Festival couplets before the Chinese New Year, his seniority in Taichung, and his good interaction with Hu Zhiqiang to this day, he has decided to run for Taichung City. The probability of being long is the highest.
The Democratic Progressive Party’s most likely candidate to run for mayor of Taichung is Cai Qichang, deputy head of the DPP’s legislative branch. Once Cai Bingkun is confirmed to run for Taichung mayor, will it have greater influence on Lu Xiuyan or Cai Qichang? Cai Bingkun did not answer directly, but only said that this should be judged from the attributes of the members and supporters of the People’s Party. According to the attributes of the People's Party members and supporters, most of them tend to be urban young people with higher average academic qualifications.
Based on the observation of the mayoral election four years ago, judging from Lu Xiuyan’s huge victory over Lin Jialong by 200,000 votes, the majority should support Lu. If the majority of these voters no longer support Lu and support Cai Qichang four years later, Cai Bingkun's candidacy may have a greater impact on Cai Qichang. On the contrary, if Lu Xiuyan still has a high support rate, Cai Bingkun will inevitably draw away some young votes. (Source: Taiwan Wake Up News)
