According to Taiwan's China Times, the Kuomintang held a full-party congress today. In order to show the momentum of "inheritance" and "unity", the senior party affairs leaders have repeatedly invited successive party chairmen and 14 mayors of ruling counties and cities to attend the meeting recently. Except for Lien Chan's leave, Ma Ying-jeou, Zhu Lilun and others attended the meeting early in the morning and were on the same stage as the current chairman Jiang Qichen; only a very small number of county and city mayors were unable to attend for some reason. The most eye-catching one is Hou Youyi, the mayor of New Taipei, who was absent last year, and will attend today to participate, giving Jiang Qichen and Secretary-General Li Qianlong face.
The struggle for "constitutional amendment" by the chairman before and after
What attracted attention was that former chairman Hung Hsiu-chu, who had reminded Jiang Qichen to "change the "Five Powers Law" and other fellow-revisionist Party Constitution, is so serious", will lead the proposal of the "Resolution on Protecting the Constitution" and advocate that "any relevant articles on 'constitutional amendment', if there is any conflict with the current party constitution, it must be debated within the party and approved by the whole party congress before it can be carried out." The proposal involves the struggle for those in the party to those with different positions on "constitutional amendment", and the former chairman leads the proposal to the Party Central Committee at the "Percentral Congress" is the first time, and it will become the focus of the "Percentral Congress".
This year's "General Congress" takes "protecting Taiwan, protecting democracy, and striving for the future" as the three main demands. Although Jiang Qichen took over as the chairman of the party less than half a year after taking over the by-election, the Kuomintang has repeatedly failed due to the mayor of Kaohsiung and the by-election, and its momentum is sluggish. However, the Party Central Committee still hopes to show a unity momentum. Therefore, after the plan opened this morning, Jiang delivered a speech, he invited successive party chairmen and mayors of 14 ruling counties and cities to join Jiang on the same stage, and put the gears on the Taiwan map one by one, and through the "turning Taiwan" ceremony, the chairman's "good inheritance" and the central and local "close unity" momentum.
Hou Youyi will attend the event today to participate in
It is reported that the original plan for the "Turning Taiwan" ceremony was led by Lien Chan, who was the highest-ranking senior, and then Ma Ying-jeou, Wu Boxiong, Zhu Lilun, Hung Hsiu-chu, Wu Dun-yi and Jiang Qichen took the stage in sequence. However, Lien Chan has followed the doctor's advice after a few days of medical examination and undergoes minor surgery to adjust his physical function. Although he has returned home to recuperate, he still has to return to the hospital every day. He has to refuse Jiang Qichen and Li Qianlong's repeated invitations and bid leave from the "General Congress" and become the only absentee.
As for the mayor of the ruling county and city, New Taipei Mayor Hou Youyi and Taichung Mayor Lu Xiuyan will both attend the opening of the morning to deliver speeches with the chairman. Last year, the Kuomintang held the "Percentral Congress" in Banqiao. Although Hou Youyi, as a landlord, was absent on the grounds of "municipality first" and was criticized by insiders for "not knowing the importance of the matter", his satisfaction with governance and high popularity surpassed those of blue and green politicians, and was even considered a suitable candidate for the leaders of Taiwan in 2024.
