html At the end of March, the People First Party held a party chairman election, and 77-year-old Song Chuyu was re-elected ten times. Since the People First Party was founded, he has been the party chairman. Among Taiwan’s more influential political parties, the record he sets is unrivaled. Previously, the People First Party also revealed that Song Chuyu will go to the mainland for a "economic and trade journey" in April. First, he held the election in a high-profile manner, and then he had to visit the mainland. Public opinion on the island speculated that Lao Song was participating in the "general election" five times? 1Chairman Song's "One-Man Party"
9 years ago, the People First Party was established. Its predecessor was the "New Taiwan Service Team" established by Song Chuyu and Zhang Zhaoxiong during the 2000 "General Election" campaign. More than ten days ago, "Song Zhang Pi" just lost the election with a high vote rate of 36.8%, and lost only a small loss to "Chen Lu Pi" for more than 300,000 votes. After the establishment of the People First Party, Song Chuyu served as chairman, Zhang Zhaoxiong served as vice chairman, and Zhong Rongji served as secretary-general. Since 2005, Qin Jinsheng has taken over as Secretary-General of the People First Party. Since then, the People First Party has maintained the "three horses" structure of Song, Zhang and Qin for a long time. Song Chuyu is in charge of the overall situation, Zhang Zhaoxiong is basically the name, and Qin Jinsheng is in charge of the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. This pattern lasted until 2017. On January 8 that year, Qin Jinsheng died of illness.
Song Chuyu (left), Zhang Zhaoxiong (middle) and Qin Jinsheng
In the eyes of the outside world, the People First Party is actually Song Chuyu's "one-person party". According to its Party Constitution, the Party Chairman is directly elected by all Party members, with a term of office of 2 years and will be re-elected for consecutive elections. The latest news of the media's public report on the re-election of the People First Party chairman was in July 2005, when Chairman Song was successfully re-elected with a super high vote rate of 99.46%. There has been no news of the People First Party re-election again. This time, Song Chuyu was elected for the tenth time, and many people were surprised because in their impression, the People First Party has not changed its term for many years.
In the 19 years since the People First Party was founded, there is only Song Chuyu, which should be no other example among the major political parties in Taiwan. Song was the absolute soul in the party, especially after Qin Jinsheng's death, he was almost the only one left in the People First Party.
2From rising to falling down hierarchy
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Four years of governorship was the peak of Song Chuyu's political career.
994 Taiwan governor election. Song Chuyu stood out from five candidates and was elected with a 56.2% vote rate. This is also the only record of winning in his public office career. In his four-year career as a governor, he traveled to 319 towns across Taiwan and gained the reputation of being diligent and loving the people, which became his greatest capital in politics later. However, some people questioned that Song Chuyu's high support was because of his "knowing how to be a person" and his "need to give him 50 cents" style caused the provincial government to be heavily in debt. When he stepped down, he was in debt of more than 800 billion yuan (NT$, the same below). 000, he ran for four "general elections" and one Taipei mayoral election, without exception, all ended in failure. The closest victory was in 2004, when he was Lien Chan's deputy competing for the "big position", but unfortunately he was slim at a slight disadvantage of 0.22%. The most tragic time was when he ran for the mayor of Taipei in 2006. He received only 4.1% of the votes and once announced his withdrawal from politics after the election.004 "general election" was the closest victory for Song Chuyu to win and 2016, and Song Chuyu was not absent. In this regard, he heard more ridicule than cheers. Some blue camp supporters even criticized him as a "pan-blue historical sinner." Song Chuyu knew that he would not win the election, but he still wanted to choose. Some people mocked him for suffering from "official cancer", while others thought that he was not considering praise or criticism for the party. As the soul of the entire party, if Song Chuyu didn't come out and "hens bring chickens", the People First Party would have been bubbled long ago.
3People First Party has 2020 "entry tickets"
Taiwan's "general election" more than three years ago, driven by Song Chuyu's run for election, the People First Party elected well. Not only did it win three seats of "undistrict legislators", but it could form a party group to squeeze into the "big party" ranks; it could also receive about 150 million yuan of "party election subsidies" in four years, and the party's operation funds were guaranteed for a while.More importantly, the People First Party can also directly nominate candidates for 2020 without having to qualify for the election through time-consuming and expensive re-signing methods.
77-year-old Song Chuyu will draw his sword and fight again? I felt that it was a very low chance. However, his recent trends show that it is not impossible for him to come out again. First of all, in the middle of last month, Taiwanese media suddenly revealed that the grassroots level had manpower and Song Chuyu would fight in 2020. Although the People First Party denied it, public opinion believes that this was a deliberate statement from the Orange Camp, intending to test the water temperature. On March 22, Song Chuyu's Facebook account changed his avatar again, which said "Change starts with you and me", which caused a stir among fans.
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Next, the People First Party held a high-profile election for the party leader, and Song Chuyu was elected ten times. In response to a reporter's question, Lao Song emphasized that the People First Party holds a "ticket" for 2020, but whether to enter should be considered as a whole.
In addition, the People First Party also revealed that Song Chuyu plans to go to the southern part of the mainland to carry out a "economic and trade journey" in mid-April, setting the tone to economy and trade, and will not involve politics. In response to this, although An Fengshan, spokesman of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, did not confirm it last week, he also stated that the People First Party insisted on one China and opposed "Taiwan independence". We maintain contact and communication with the People First Party.
Song Chuyu visited the mainland in May 2014, and was on the eve of the "nine-in-one election". Some Taiwanese media analyzed that Lao Song used "login" to create public opinion influence to boost the election situation of the People First Party. If he successfully "landed" this time, it will inevitably trigger the same association.
4"Ke Song match" has a secret?
Song Chuyu is old. If he chooses again this time, it will definitely trigger another round of sarcasm. If the election is abandoned, the candidates for the People First Party’s “legislator” will lack the leadership of the “hen”, and the election may be terrible. Song Chuyu was in a dilemma for a moment.
However, in the past two years, the People First Party and Taipei Mayor Ke Wen-je have cooperated closely, allowing supporters to see another possibility. Since Ke has no political party to support him, it is quite troublesome to run for election in 2020. If the People First Party nominates Ko Wen-je to run for election in 2020 and Song Chuyu as his deputy, the above problems can be solved.
Since last year, Taiwanese media have begun to track the topic of "Ko Song Pair". Ko Wen-je and Song Chuyu also talked about the deliciousness of "Ko Song" (homophony croissant bread) in public, and it is believed that there is a possibility of cooperation between the orange and white in 2020.
According to the analysis of the Xinhua Australian News, the People First Party enjoys the right to directly nominate candidates. If you give up easily, it will be a "waste of resources." It can be foreseen that for the long-term development of the Orange Battalion, the People First Party and even Song Chuyu should not easily miss 2020.
After all, in Taiwan's electoral society, if a political party does not get a public seat, then it is not far from bubble!
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