China News Service, June 23. According to Taiwan's United News Network, the Democratic Progressive Party has only the last piece of the puzzle in Shuangbei (New Taipei, Taipei) in the election of county mayors in six major cities in Taiwan.
Recently, it has been reported that the DPP will recruit Chen Shizhong, the head of the health and welfare affairs department of the Taiwan authorities, to run for mayor of Taipei as soon as early July.
Data map: Chen Shizhong.
Image source: Taiwan Zhongshi News Network
People close to him said that Chen Shizhong was originally planned to be recruited for the election at the end of May and the beginning of June, but he did not expect to be trapped by the epidemic.
Chen Shizhong recently missed several epidemic prevention press conferences due to his positive test results, and Chen Shizhong's "retreat" has attracted more attention.
Relevant people pointed out that the family did not want Chen Shizhong to run for election, but this problem has been overcome; as for the recent decline in the polls, it is estimated that it should be a temporary impact of the peak of the epidemic.
It is reported that Chen Shizhong is most likely to qualify in early July, but Lin Jialong, the former head of the traffic affairs department of the Taiwan authorities, is also fighting for it, and the final decision is in the hands of Tsai Ing-wen.