Kaohsiung Mayor Kuang Yu was removed. The mayor by-election will be held on August 15, and the by-election registration will start on June 20. Due to the tight time, all parties expressed their active preparations.
Outline: Chen Chimai, deputy head of Taiwan's administrative agency, will resign after the Democratic Progressive Party's regular meeting this Wednesday. On the past weekend, Chen Chimai also went to Kaohsiung to run diligently, with his purpose self-evident. It seems that accepting the DPP’s recruitment and election campaign is almost a foregone conclusion. So who is Chen Chimai planning to ask for to help the election?
It seems that Chen Chimai has launched the run-in mode, but the Kuomintang is still worrying about the candidates for the by-election. On the morning of the 13th, Kaohsiung City Councilman Li Yajing, a Kuomintang member from Kaohsiung, took the lead in announcing that she was willing to assume her mission and represented the Kuomintang in the Kaohsiung Mayor's by-election. She was the first person to make a public statement in Blue Camp .
Korean Party Spokesperson Hong Yuqian
Subsequently, KMT spokesperson Hong Yuqian said that the KMT will widely solicit the wishes of possible candidates and continue to listen to suggestions from local people. Any outstanding local candidate is a possible option. The KMT will decide to find the most suitable candidate after comprehensive consideration.
In response to this, a Kuomintang insider said that due to the hasty schedule of by-election, it is impossible to have time to hold the party’s primary election. The Central Standing Committee will pass the Kaohsiung Mayor’s by-election recruitment method on the 17th, authorizing the party to directly recruit candidates and speed up the nomination work.
Korean Party insiders who are familiar with election operations said that the candidates for the Kuomintang nominated in Kaohsiung this time are crucial, and the turnout rate of by-election is usually very low. If the Kuomintang nominates casually, it will inevitably deepen the Kaohsiung people's discomfort of the Kuomintang and will also make the supporters of the blue camp have no motivation to go out to vote. However, if candidates with highlights can be proposed, the supporters are at least willing to vote and will not collapse. This is also the key to whether Kaohsiung people can resolve their dissatisfaction with the Kuomintang.
The person also suggested that the Kuomintang must have long-term layout considerations in the Kaohsiung mayor by-election battle. The first choice is of course to find candidates like Wu Yiding who have a fresh image, no political burden, and are willing to deepen their roots in Kaohsiung for a long time. Although it is not easy to win this time, it will make a comeback in 2022.
Kuomintang Deputy Secretary-General Xie Longjie
However, regarding the statement that Kaohsiung mayor by-election is regarded as the cradle of the 2022 mayoral election, KUomintang Deputy Secretary-General Xie Longjie believes that candidates may "lose their courage" at one time.
In response to this, Hou Youyi, mayor of New Taipei , said, "No matter whether we succeed or fail, we (KMT) will win the election." He is very much looking forward to the young, creative and more down-to-earth people who are here to stand up and fight together.
The Kuomintang also held a press conference at the Central Party Committee on the afternoon of the 14th. Nearly 40 representatives of the Kuomintang and other representatives jointly signed a statement, promising to go to Kaohsiung to assist in the auxiliary election work at least 5 times during the by-election period. Whether it is stationing at intersections, distributing leaflets, and opening live broadcasts, it shows in all ways that the Kuomintang will not give up Kaohsiung, and positioning this Kaohsiung mayor by-election is a battle between "20 years of governance in the sky pit" and "one and a half years of road flat lights and water communication and governance."
At the press conference, the Kuomintang's national representative Hong Mengkai said that Kaohsiung City Chang Han-yu has been removed, but Kaohsiung City's future cannot return to stagnation, and Taiwan cannot have only one voice. One-party dominance is not democracy, but autocracy; Kaohsiung City is not someone's pocket. The blue camp will jointly undertake this election and work together to work together.
Wu Yiding from Kaohsiung is said to be one of the mayoral by-election candidates locked by the Kuomintang Central Committee, and her movements have become the focus of media attention. However, when asked by the media whether he would invest in the Kaohsiung mayoral by-election, Wu Yiding was still unwilling to give in. She said that personal wishes are not the most important thing now. The most important thing is how to unite the local area and launch appropriate candidates. No matter who the candidate is, everyone will fully support them. There is no individual in this by-election, it is to show the unity of the Kuomintang and let the people of Kaohsiung know that the Kuomintang has not given up on Kaohsiung.
However, according to Taiwanese media reports, with the high vote rate of the 2020 election, eight-seat home runs and the political enthusiasm of the successful strike of South Korea, the green camp is bound to win the "restoration of Kaohsiung".On the other hand, the Kuomintang not only faced the dilemma of not finding anyone to run for election, but even voices of advocating abandonment of elections appeared within the party. The atmosphere of defeatism was spread throughout the party, and it was almost a foregone conclusion to lose Kaohsiung's regime.
Blue Camp has been in "opposite" in Kaohsiung for a long time, facing a series of problems such as shrinking basic base, disarray of organization, lack of funds, and talent gap. It was originally expected that Han Kuo-yu would improve after the administration of Han Dynasty, but Kaohsiung returned to the hands of the green camp just over a year later. The disgraceful recall record has caused a heavy blow to the image of the Kuomintang party and is difficult to recover in a short period of time. After the DPP re-emphasizes its rule, it will inevitably learn from the lessons of the last election campaign that it was careless and loses Jingzhou, and strengthen grassroots management with a more intensive layout. So, what kind of layout will the blue camp use to fight against the strong attacks of the green camp this time?
