The chairman of the Kuomintang voted on September 25. The original expectation of the outside world was a showdown between Zhu Lilun and the current chairman Jiang Qichen and . Zhang Yazhong is very popular, catalyzing the abandonment effect. In particular, Taitung County Mayor Rao Qingling, Yunlin County Mayor Zhang Lishan, Nantou County Mayor Lin Mingzhen, Hualien County Mayor Xu Zhenwei, and Mazu County Mayor Liu Zengying all expressed their support for Zhu in the past two days, intensifying the election. In the end, no matter what the result is, if the winner cannot get more than half of the support, there will be a crisis of continuous division and greater difficulty in unity after the election.
According to the analysis of the Hong Kong China Review Network, the Kuomintang chairman's election organization and faction have great influence. For example, in 2017, there were five people competing. The main people of Wu Dunyi challenged the then party chairman Hung Hsiu-chu . Although Hung Hsiu-chu was supported by Deep Blue at that time, he finally lost to Wu Dunyi's 144,408 votes (52.24%) with a turnout rate of 58%.
This year's Kuomintang chairman election, the number of qualified party members has dropped sharply from more than 470,000 in the previous term to more than 370,000. Assuming that Zhang Yazhong's vote rate is comparable to that of Hung Hsiu-chu, and the vote rate is still 58%, Zhang Yazhong also has at least 47,000 votes as the bottom; if Zhu Lilun and Jiang Qichen get half the votes, the three of them have little error in the number of votes, and it is even more unlikely that someone will become the Communist Party leader of the Blue Army. Observing the turnout rate of the Kuomintang chairman in 2005, the turnout rate of the Mawang battle was only 50%, and the few elections from 2009 to 2017 remained at around 50 to 56%. In 2020, the turnout rate of Jiang Qichen and Hao Longbin was only 35.85%. If the turnout rate on September 25 this year is lower, it will be more beneficial to Zhang Yazhong, who has more votes.
From the zoning political meeting of the Kuomintang Chairman in Kaohsiung on the 18th of this month, to the TVBS debate, Taoyuan and Taichung on the zoning political meeting, it can be seen that Zhu Lilun regards Zhang Yazhong as his number one competitor, and Zhang Yazhong also locks in Zhu Lilun. Zhu and Zhang have a strong confrontation, leaving the current party chairman Jiang Qichen aside and becoming a marginal person.
Zhu Lilun questioned Zhang Yazhong's line of "red unification", "severance", and "will destroy the party"; but Zhang Yazhong was not willing to be outdone and asked himself to elect the CSRC to investigate whether he violated the election convention for the election of the Party Chairman and the "key points for the implementation of the election"; he asked to investigate whether his claims and behaviors since he ran for election have "red unification", whether they have created division within the party, and whether they will "destroy the party" and so on? During the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, Zhu and Zhang and the others had constant conflicts every day without stopping, which made many senior party members in the party feel very worried.
Zhu Lilun, who runs back, had the best momentum, but this election battle was unexpectedly disrupted by Zhang Yazhong. Even if Zhu Lilun was elected as the party chairman on September 25, how to integrate in the future will be a challenge. As for the current chairman Jiang Qichen, who has the party machine, has never been able to break through in the election situation. From fighting for the eldest to being the second or third, it highlights the Kuomintang's softness that has made the grassroots strongly disappointed. Zhang Yazhong is coming in full force. As long as he can get more than 20% of the votes in the end, he will become a powerful force of the Kuomintang regardless of whether he is elected or not.
It is also reported that on the eve of the Kuomintang chairman's election, Chairman of the Administration of Administration Qiu Dazhan resigned, and Party Secretary-General Li Qianlong confirmed that he had received his resignation. However, Qiu Dazhan himself denied it and clarified that it was a fallacy and misinformation about his resignation due to the "three promissory notes". Although he is currently taking leave, he continues to care about party affairs and sticks to his post.
Qiu Dazhan is aware of the history and source of the Kuomintang’s party property. He has experienced three chairmans of the Administration for Administration of Management Committee, former Chairman Hung Hsiu-chu, Wu Dun-yi and current Chairman Jiang Qichen. He is still in the lawsuit against the "Party Industry Association" with the DPP authorities, and is the first general in the Kuomintang to defend the party property.
The Party Central Committee reported a sudden change in personnel yesterday. Qiu Dazhan resigned from his post as chairman of the board of directors due to the "3 promissory notes" incident caused by the party chairman candidate Zhang Yazhong. The resignation was sent to the table of Party Secretary-General Li Qianlong.
Although Li Qianlong was interviewed and confirmed this matter, he emphasized that he has not officially approved it yet. At present, Qiu Dazhan is in a state of taking leave and occasionally goes to the Central Party Department. And because the new party leader is about to be released, the new chairman will take office in the future, including him, many people will also be transferred to their posts, so I hope that there will be no trouble at this moment.
(Edited by Xue Yang)
