The 2022 county and city mayor election on the island will begin, and the candidates for the 18 county and city mayors of the DPP will be unveiled at the National Congress on Sunday. According to Taiwanese media reports, in addition to three re-elections and one county and city primary election, 14 county and city mayors were all under the "employment" of the Party Chairman Tsai Ing-wen, so that the list of county and city mayors of the Democratic Progressive Party is full of "English Department". In addition to fighting for the Democratic Progressive Party, they also have to shoulder the mission of Tsai Ing-wen's party power in the later period of administration and the 2024 "general election" nomination right .
2018 was the most tragic election for county and city mayors in the DPP. The DPP only controls 6 seats in 22 counties and cities. To this end, Tsai Ing-wen resigned as party chairman at that time, but less than two years later, Tsai Ing-wen was re-elected, won more than 8 million votes, and returned to Korea again to master the party machine. This also allowed her to sit more steadily in this nine-in-one layout, and she would also have to make the 2024 "general election" nomination in one breath.
Looking back on the tragic situation of the DPP’s election four years ago, it can actually be regarded as having reached the bottom; no matter how bad the results this time, it will not be worse than 4 years ago.
Therefore, if the party chairman is fully responsible for success or failure, in this 2022 election, the position of Tsai Ing-wen's party chairman is almost a "steady win" and of course, he cannot let go of the nomination right.
However, this time the nomination for North Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen's bet is not without hidden worries. Among them, Chen Shizhong, nominated by Taipei City and Lin Zhijian of Taoyuan City, were both labeled as members of the "running team". In particular, Lin Zhijian was deeply involved in the controversy of the papers and the election situation was greatly impacted. If the DPP did not successfully defend Taoyuan this time, Zheng Wencan, the mayor of Taoyuan, who was very popular in the market, would probably be implicated in his subsequent political career.
Now, when the DPP’s nomination for county and city mayors is coming to an end, the next step is to ensure that the three ruling counties and cities in the south are successful in re-election and that Pingtung cannot be lost. Northern Taiwan will naturally become the key to the DPP’s decisive victory. It is expected that the heavyweights in the party such as Lai Ching-te, Chen Jianren, and Su Zhenchang will endorse the candidates Tsai Ing-wen personally appointed, and are all pushed to the front "counter".
Taiwan media commented that before the 2024 "general election", when the international situation on the outside world cannot be handled in Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen will transform into a "elective leader", and will inevitably focus more on how to find the strongest successor for the DPP. (Xue Yang/Edited)
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