According to Taiwan media reports, the Kuomintang is preparing for the election of county and city mayors at the end of the year, and there has been some controversy in the nomination of Taoyuan City and Miaoli County . Former Kuomintang chairman Jiang Qichen said today that the nomination procedures for county and city mayors can be more delicate. There is indeed room for improvement in the democracy within the Kuomintang; unity is not done by shouting, but by the system.
The Kuomintang recently announced the recruitment of former "Premier Administrator" Zhang Shanzheng to run for the mayor of Taoyuan, which surprised the "legislator" Lu Yuling, who actively prepared for the war and expressed his opinion on running for the election, and the former Taipei City Councilman Luo Zhiqiang, and there were also rebounds in the local area; as for the nomination of Miaoli County Mayor, it was rejected by Xu Zhirong after announcing the recruitment of "legislator" Xu Zhirong, and has not yet been settled.
Jiang Qichen said in an exclusive interview with the radio this morning that the chairman of the Kuomintang Zhu Lilun has a strong will to win and hopes to lead the Kuomintang to win the 2022 local elections and lay the foundation for the victory of the "general election" of Taiwan leaders in 2024. However, the details include the nomination procedures and democratic process of county and city mayors during this period. Everyone has different voices. He believes that they can be more detailed and that the party affairs work can always be done better. There is indeed a lot of room for improvement in the democracy within the party.
Jiang Qichen believes that everyone can brainstorm and use better and more favorable methods to enable the strongest candidates to qualify, and give more public opinion and legitimacy in the process. For example, the next nomination for the mayor of Kaohsiung , with the experience of nominating the previous counties and cities, Kaohsiung can see what methods are there to allow the strongest candidates to add points during the nomination process and get more support and legitimacy.
was asked whether the nomination dispute between Taoyuan and Miaoli would occur if he served as the party chairman. Jiang Qichen said that disputes within the party must of course be avoided. In the process of consensus formation, it is very important to listen to different voices. We must find ways to coordinate. The Kuomintang’s nomination system is not dead. It has coordination, polls, recruitment and other methods. These tools are provided to the nomination team and the party chairman. Unity is not done by shouting, but by the system. Everyone will unite because there is a system, and disunity is because they feel unfair and unwilling.
In addition, regarding the candidate for the mayor of the Kuomintang Kaohsiung, Jiang Qichen said that because he had interacted with Ke Zhien, the CEO of the Kuomintang think tank in the past, Ke was also a good candidate. However, everyone still hopes that former Kaohsiung deputy mayor Li Sichuan can run for the election, which will be a great shot in the grassroots of the blue camp; if Li Sichuan is unwilling to run for the election, he can still seek relevant opinions, after all, he knows Kaohsiung very well.
