[Global Times Special Correspondent in Taipei Cui Mingxuan] As the epidemic rages, the Kuomintang will usher in a by-election for the party ’s chairman on Saturday, but the heat is not high.
A by-election will be held on the 7th. In the last week before the election, two candidates, former Taipei Mayor Hao Longbin and "Legislative Assembly Member" Jiang Qichen sprinted hard. On the 2nd, the Kuomintang Taipei City Party Representatives Association held a forum to invite party representatives to attend, and Hao Jiang also took this opportunity to win support. During the interview, Hao Longbin admitted that he was worried that the turnout rate of this election was low due to the epidemic situation. Therefore, the KMT chairman should pay more attention to epidemic prevention during the election process. As for cross-strait policies, Hao Longbin previously advocated that the Kuomintang should strengthen the handling of cross-strait affairs institutions in the future, and the mainland should also have representatives of the Kuomintang to assist cross-strait communication. Jiang Qichen announced the second video on the 2nd, demanding that the KMT must change its physique. The most important party property in the future is talents, discussions and systems.
The United Daily News said that the by-election of the party chairman may be the one with the lowest visibility in the media, and increasing the turnout rate will be the key. Affected by the epidemic, Hao Longbin did not hold any momentum, and even small seminars were avoided, and only phone calls, text messages, publicity and media interviews, and individual visits to canvass for votes. Jiang Qichen also focused on private visits and telephone tickets. It is noteworthy that the Central Party Department of the Kuomintang found that Changhua and Hualien had a large amount of party fees, and for this purpose, more than 2,000 party members were removed. At the same time, in order to prevent the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the voting time of each elector to the polling place will be recorded on the day of voting unprecedentedly, so that in case of confirmed cases in the future, it is easy to track down.
In addition to the impact of the epidemic, only the party chairman in this transitional election is one of the reasons for the low popularity. China Times stated on the 2nd that Jiang Qichen, who was running for the election, was supported by Lien Chan and the young people in the party, while Hao Longbin was blessed by Huang Fuxing's party headquarters. But no matter who stands out, they are just "caretaker chairmen." Next year's KMT chairman re-election is still the best chance for former New Taipei Mayor Zhu Lilun. Zhu Lilun is making a good fortune, intending to obtain the party chairman and fight for the county mayoral election in 2022, then get the 2024 "election" ticket, and then fight against the green camp. The article also mentions that the Kuomintang, which has just lost its election, continues to be frozen by the party. Therefore, the chairman of the by-election on the 7th will be troubled from the day of election. Blue Camp executives revealed that before the hasty resignation, Wu Dunyi rushed to use 160 million yuan in political party subsidies in 2016 and NT $ 150 million in subsidies for South Korea ’s Yu ballots, and after the Spring Festival salary was paid, less than 40 million yuan remained. Acting chairman How much Lin Rongde can hand over to the new chairman is still unknown. It is estimated that it should not be enough to pay the salary of March and April. "So the first thing the new chairman takes is to borrow money."
"Air-like party leader by-election", the China Times commented on this topic, saying that who will take charge of the Kuomintang in the future is not only about whether it can re-establish its fanfare as soon as possible; for Taiwan's political system, if the Kuomintang continues to be weak, unable to monitor checks and balances, It's not good for ordinary people.