According to the China Review News Agency, there was a "teapot storm" in the Kaohsiung City Council's Kuomintang group. Following the withdrawal of three people including Deputy Speaker Lu Shumei from the group operation, today City Councilor Huang Shaoting, a member of the Kuomi

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According to the China Review News Agency, there was a

According to the China Review News Agency, the Kaohsiung City Council’s Kuomintang group had a “teapot storm”. After deputy speaker Lu Shumei and three other people withdrew from the group operation, today City Councilor Huang Shaoting, a member of the Kuomintang Central Standing Committee, posted on Facebook that he had withdrawn from the group. He said that he needed to settle down and think about what he could do for the Kuomintang.

Regarding the fact that four members of Congress have withdrawn from the KMT group operations in just two days, KMT Secretary-General Li Qianlong said in an interview, "No, no, it will be fine. The new speaker will come forward to integrate." Faced with the looming storm in the party group, the new speaker Zeng Liyan has not spoken to the outside world so far; the party group's general convener Zeng Junjie stated that "I am sorry that the process of integrating the speaker's by-election was not comprehensive, and even gave the outside world the impression that the party group was divided. I shouldered the responsibility and resigned as the general convener of the party group." The KMT currently has 31 seats on the Kaohsiung City Council.

When the Kuomintang nominated candidates for the Gao City Speaker by-election, some members felt they were not respected, including Chen Lina and Wu Licheng, who announced their withdrawal from the caucus operation. On July 31, the city council completed the speaker by-election. The Kuomintang Zeng Liyan was successfully elected as the speaker by defeating her DPP opponent Zhang Shengfu with 37 votes. Lu Shumei immediately withdrew from the caucus operation.

Huang Shaoting also posted "Huang Shaoting's statement on withdrawing from the party group" on Facebook. It is understood that many members of the Kuomintang caucus are planning to withdraw from the caucus.

Are you dissatisfied with individuals such as Zeng Liyan or Zeng Junjie for withdrawing from the caucus and switching operations? Huang Shaoting accepted a reporter's telephone interview and stated that "absolutely not", he just wanted to calm himself down and think about what he can do for the Kuomintang in the future. In addition, we also hope to arouse comrades in the party to put aside their prejudices, work together to move forward, and once again regain the glory of blue camp in Hong Kong.

Source: Straits Herald

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