Source: Taiwan Strait Network
The candidate for the mayor of Kaohsiung, the Kuomintang, was difficult to give birth. Unexpectedly, before the hen came out, a chick was about to run away! Lai Wende, a minority member of the Kaohsiung City, launched a bombshell on the 11th, announcing that he would run for the MP as a non-party member by the end of the year, and intends to establish a fan club in Chen Chimai to support Mai as a re-election mayor. If the Kuomintang imposes disciplinary sanctions on the future, he will be happy to accept it and will not be shaken.
Lai Wende has been in the Kuomintang for about 30 years. He served as a member of the Taoyuan District Council of the original township. During the questioning last year, he told Chen Chimai that "I don't support you in the next year's election, but I will ask three children to vote for you to give back." Now he has also turned against him and was "submitted" by Chen Chimai. On the 11th, when he was questioning, he still publicly thanked Chen Chimai for his contribution to the construction of the original township.
Lai Wende claimed that the mayor's construction of Taoyuan District moved him, and he wanted to thank Mayor Chen on behalf of his clan members. He will also operate the Taoyuan District Tingmai Fan Club in private in the future. The mayor performed so well and he would give him the opportunity to continue to be re-elected to serve the citizens.
As for whether he will leave the Kuomintang? He said that politics should not be too divided into blue and green. He had reported to the Kuomintang Municipal Party Committee in advance that he should run for election without a party, hoping to respect personal wishes. If he was subject to party discipline, he would accept it happily and would not complain, "but my ideas and beliefs will not change."
However, there is also a saying in the local area that Lai Wende wanted to be re-elected, but he was involved in a project fraud case when he was in a public office in Taoyuan District Office four years ago. The lawsuit is still ongoing and may not be able to obtain support from the Kuomintang. Therefore, before the Kuomintang issued party discipline, it turned to seek support from the green camp. Lai Wende refuted that the entire case has not been finalized and that the case has nothing to do with the Kuomintang’s nomination homework. He has decided that he wants to run for the election without party members to serve the blue and green voters.
Xu Fuming, chairman of the Kaohsiung Party Committee of the Kuomintang, said that he met Lai Wende yesterday afternoon and "expressed sympathy and understanding of his speech." The Party Committee will continue to communicate with him, hoping that he can carefully consider continuing to represent the party. The Municipal Party Committee will also do its best to assist in the election, but if it does violate party discipline in the future, it will also be dealt with. (Source: Straits Guide)
