President Tsai Ing-wen has announced her intention to resign as chairman of the party, which she has served concurrently, after the ruling Democratic Progressive Party lost in the unified local elections held once every four years in Taiwan on the 26th.
This election was to select about 11,000 people, including mayors, governors, and lawmakers from all over Taiwan, and the focus was on winning and losing 22 mayoral and gubernatorial elections.
The ruling Democratic Progressive Party occupied a total of seven mayoral and governorship posts before the election, but three mayoral candidates, including Taoyuan City in the north, conceded defeat.
Also, the recapture of Taipei mayor for the first time in 24 years did not come true.
In this election, President Tsai, who is also the top chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party, tried to make relations with China a point of contention, saying, "The whole world is paying attention to the first election to be held after the Chinese Communist Party Congress." Above, it was positioned as a confidence vote for the administration, but it was not accepted by voters.
At a press conference at the party headquarters on the evening of the 26th, President Tsai said, "I will take all responsibility and resign as chairman immediately."
I will stay in office as president.
On the other hand, the largest opposition party, the Kuomintang, won the Taipei mayoral election for Mr. Chiang Wan-an, and took back the mayor of Taoyuan from the Democratic Progressive Party.
"This is not only a victory for the Kuomintang, but a victory for the people of Taiwan," Chu said at a press conference at the party's headquarters.
Of the 22 mayoral and gubernatorial elections in this year's election, voting for the mayoral election in southern Chiayi City has been postponed to next month following the death of a candidate.
Kuomintang's Chiang Wan-an declares victory in Taipei mayoral election
Among the unified local elections in Taiwan, Mr. Chiang Wan-an of the Kuomintang declared victory in the Taipei mayoral election.
Twelve candidates ran for the mayoral election in Taipei, effectively a three-way contest between Chiang Wan-an, Democratic Progressive Party member Chen Shi-chung, and independent Huang Shan-shan.
The counting of votes continues, but according to the Central Election Commission, Mr. Chiang is in the lead, and he just declared victory in front of his supporters.
Meanwhile, Mr. Chen and Mr. Huang had earlier conceded defeat.
For the Kuomintang, it will be the first Taipei mayoral recapture in eight years.
Mr. Chiang is the great-grandson of the first president, Chiang Kai-shek, and until the 10th of this month, he served as a legislative member of the Japanese Diet.