Hou Youyi, the mayor of the Kuomintang, was interviewed by Taiwanese media and stated that he would "be brave enough to take responsibility" for the 2024 meeting and rarely show his desire to take the "high position". Although Hou Youyi returned to the old tune of "doing things well" afterwards and wanted to cool down the topic and "block the cards" again, the issue has been raised and it is difficult to calm down, and Hou must face it. Overall, Hou Youyi's 2024 challenge is a great challenge, and this may also be his best opportunity to play the "big position".
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hou Youyi replied: Want to run for election in 2024?
"Tongsen New Media ETtoday" today announced the results of the 10 major political leaders polls in the "Post Tsai Ing-wen Era". Hou Youyi once again won the championship , Lai Ching-te ranked second, , and Hon Hai founder Guo Taiming ranked third. The chairman of the Taiwan People's Party and mayor of Taipei, who have expressed their intention to run for 2024, ranked fourth. Lu Xiuyan, the mayor of Taichung , known as the "strongest hen" of the Blues, is the only female politician among the top ten.
poll support is extremely high, and Hou Youyi, the biggest prince of the Kuomintang, is hard not to be regarded as a potential candidate for the Kuomintang in 2024 by the outside world. Taiwanese media have also tested Hou Youyi's intentions many times.
Hou Youyi was interviewed by Taiwan’s China Times on September 6. When asked, “Would you be willing to shoulder the burden of the 2024 Taiwan leadership election?”, responded, “Be brave to take responsibility, be enthusiastic about accepting challenges, do your best, and do not care about success or failure” . is widely interpreted by the outside world as the first positive response, which does not rule out the election for the 2024 Taiwan leadership election.
Bloody lessons are coming first. Hou is mixed and
Hou Youyi will have a great challenge to win 2024, because unless there are major environmental changes, the probability of Hou Youyi being re-elected as mayor of New Taipei in 2022 is very high. The position of "New Taipei Mayor" in 2024 will naturally attract doubts of "going to the top, eating the bowl inside and looking at the outside". Although the Kuomintang Chairman Zhu Lilun also asked for leave to elect the leader of Taiwan during his tenure in New Taipei City in 2016, Zhu didn't want to elect at that time. It was because the Kuomintang replaced Hong Hsiu-chu and that Zhu Lilun had to go. Hou Youyi was the deputy mayor of New Taipei City at that time. How wronged Zhu Lilun was to "smile and scold others"? I believe Hou Youyi could see it clearly.
plus 2020 KMT former Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu turned to run for the Taiwan leader before she sat on the mayor's chair. The life script turned pages too quickly, which surprised voters. In the end, not only did the election be defeated, but the position of Kaohsiung mayor was also removed, causing the Kuomintang to lose the hard-earned Kaohsiung ruling power, and the losses were very painful. How unfavorable it would be for Zhu Lilun and Han Kuo-yu to switch to the election for the leaders of Taiwan during their term of office? The bloody lessons of history are placed in front of Hou Youyi.
And from Hou Youyi's perspective, 2024 may also be the best time for Hou Youyi to move towards the throne of leaders in Taiwan. The reason for this is that although Hou is the biggest prince, he is not particularly enthusiastic about party affairs and has never been at the core of the power of the Kuomintang. Unlike Zhu Lilun, he has been a regular visitor at the Kuomintang's power table for a long time and has a power base within the party. Even if he resigns as mayor of New Taipei in 2018 and has no party and government position, he can still regain the throne of the party leader in 2021.
In other words, once Hou Youyi stepped down as mayor of New Taipei in 2026, he will no longer have the resources and political achievements of New Taipei City as a backer. For the 2028 Taiwan leadership election, Hou may not participate in the operation of the Kuomintang’s power without a license, which is not conducive to the competition within the party. Therefore, unless the Kuomintang can gather a "supporting Hou" force in the future, or Zhu Lilun, who has the party machine, is willing to "give up" and deliberately give Hou Youyi a green light, Hou Youyi can then bid the Kuomintang to win the "big position" ticket after he firmly sits in New Taipei City.
Overall, if Hou Youyi is interested in 2024, challenges and opportunities do exist at the same time, it depends on how Hou Youyi chooses. The DPP suffered a crushing defeat in 2018, but it was able to make a big comeback in 2020. It can be seen that there are still many variables in the entire political evolution process of . Perhaps Hou Youyi's ambiguous attitude towards 2024 actually reflects that there are too many uncertain factors in Taiwan's politics, and he can only do it step by step and be careful.
Why did he express his opinion at this time "bearing 2024"?
Hou Youyi's long-time friend and "Blue Committee" Ye Yulan said in an interview on the 7th that he had known Hou Youyi for 47 years, and Hou did not do things that he was unsure of. In the four years he served as mayor of New Taipei, Hou was deliberately suppressed by the DPP authorities in many cases, even during epidemic prevention. "New Taipei City has the largest population in Taiwan, but when Chen Shizhong was the commander of epidemic prevention, he always regarded New Taipei City as a place outside the world, and only criticized but rarely took the initiative to assist." Ye analyzed that Hou should be "who feels that saving people and life cannot be waited during the epidemic prevention process, but no matter how hard it works, the Tsai Ing-wen administration will be divided into blue and green in everything", which is one reason why Hou Youyi must respond to the needs of the people.
Ye Yulan pointed out that the DPP is unique in "ruling" counties and cities. She took the Hsinchu baseball stadium budget that had previously been controversial has increased several times as an example, saying that things have made many aspiring people willing to bear the responsibility for 2024. Hou definitely has the same mood, "Only when the political party rotates, can the people of Taiwan enjoy the rain and dew."
Finally, Ye Yulan said about the recent DPP New Taipei City Councillors asking Hou to "do it well and be full": Even if Hou is full, if the DPP authorities do not support "Hou Youyi can sit full, but not necessarily do it well", he is the best that can't stand Tsai Ing-wen's use of public resources to fight the election, Therefore, Hou felt that he should express his courage to take responsibility at this time, because he would not take responsibility again, "I'm afraid the time will pass!"
column editor: Zhang Wu Text editor: Cheng Pei Title picture source: Tu Chong Picture editor: Su Wei
Source: Author: Taiwan Strait Network
