DPP "legislator" Huang Weizhe. (Photo source: Taiwan's "Dongsen News Cloud")
China Taiwan Network October 12th According to Taiwan's "Dongsen News Cloud", the 2018 county and city chief elections began. The Democratic Progressive Party held a preliminary consultation on the Yilan , Chiayi, Tainan, and Kaohsiung mayoral candidates in the Party Central Committee on the 12th. Those who are interested in running for the Tainan City chief include "legislators" Huang Weizhe, Chen Tingfei, Ye Yijin, Wang Dingyu, former Tainan Deputy Mayor Yan Chunzuo and former "legislator" Li Junyi. Regarding the fight between the DPP's primary elections, Huang Weizhe bluntly stated that the Tainan city primary election has reached a critical point. Everyone in Tainan and Kaohsiung thinks that the primary election is regarded as a general election, so the fight is particularly fierce. "Sometimes I am wondering, are I electing with comrades (in the party)?"
The DPP election meeting today (12th) solicited the views of the candidates for primary elections for four counties and cities on the election schedule. Because Tainan and Kaohsiung are green camp advantageous constituencies, the "legislators" who are interested in running have already been involved in the election battle, and the "fighting" within the party is serious. Huang Weizhe bluntly stated that Tainan City’s primary election has reached a critical moment. Everyone in Tainan and Kaohsiung thinks that the primary election is regarded as the general election, so the fight is particularly fierce. Everyone thinks that the primary election will be passed, so they spend a lot of money. But according to the "Political Donation Law", it is impossible to raise funds at this time. It is also normal for some people to spend tens of millions or billions of NT$.
Li Junyi believes that the poll schedule should allow candidates to fully express his municipal propositions before proceeding. He criticized that this election was the "most expensive primary election ever", so the DPP Central Committee should require all candidates to make financial disclosure, especially the current system of the Political Contribution Law cannot raise funds from the outside, and the Central Party Department should intervene in the investigation. (China Taiwan Network Lu Jiajing)
