Taiwan Kuomintang top resigns, takes responsibility for presidential defeat on January 16 at 6:17 p.m.
Following the re-election of the ruling and DPP President Tsai Ing-wen in the Taiwanese presidential election on November 11, the leaders of the largest opposition and Kuomintang parties, which had opposing contenders, were blamed for losing the election. I resigned on the 15th.
In the presidential election in Taiwan on November 11, incumbent ruling and DPP President Tsai Ing-wen won more than 8 million votes, a record high, and was re-elected after defeating the largest opposition and Kookmin Party members, Mr. Korea Yu. The Democratic Party also held a majority in the concurrent legislative election, the parliament.
In response to the election results, KMT leader Wu Atsun-gi, at the party's Central Managing Committee on Tuesday, said, "I am liable. I'm very sorry." I resigned.
The election to elect a new chairman will take place on March 7th.
The KMT made a breakthrough in the unified local election two years ago, and was aiming for a change of government in this presidential election.
Last year, however, there was a resurgence among the Taiwanese people against China's hard-line stance on protests in Hong Kong, which was a headwind for China's friendly KMT.
At the KMT, some young people in the party have called for a change in the executive department, and rebuilding the party has become an urgent issue.