The KMT lost in the 2024 election skirmish, Ma Ying-jeou: If this continues, we are in danger

　　[Global Times Special Correspondent Cheng Dong] By-elections were held on the 4th for the second constituency of the "legislators" in Nantou County, Taiwan. Both the Greens are bound to win.

As a result, DPP candidate Cai Peihui defeated the favored Kuomintang candidate Lin Mingqin with a narrow margin of 1,925 votes.

The defeat in the dominant constituency also sounded the alarm for the Kuomintang.

　　Taiwan's "United Daily News" stated on March 5 that there were 4 candidates in this by-election, with a total of 91,966 votes and a turnout rate of 46.35%, which was nearly 10% higher than that of the 2015 "legislator" by-election. Cai Peihui Obtained 45218 votes, Lin Mingqin received 43293 votes.

Nantou County was originally a dominant constituency for the KMT, but the DPP mobilized all its resources to support Cai Peihui. Media political programs also focused on some controversial topics of Lin Mingqin and his son, and launched a fierce propaganda campaign. The party chairman Lai Qingde personally assisted in the election several times. Appeared in Nantou on the night before the election.

On the other hand, the blue battalion launched a counterattack after being beaten. The Kuomintang chairman Zhu Lilun personally supervised the army and mobilized the mayors of the party's counties and representatives of public opinion to go to the countryside for auxiliary elections, but it was too late.

　　Taiwan's "China Times" stated on the 5th that Cai Peihui's victory this time broke the blue-green plate in Nantou, and made the Democratic Progressive Party three consecutive major elections in the "nine-in-one" election, the Chiayi mayoral election, and the Taipei "legislator" by-election. Hemostasis after defeat.

DPP "legislator" Xu Zhijie said on the 5th that the DPP won the election in Nantou County for the first time in 17 years.

　　Zhu Lilun made a video bowing and apologizing to supporters.

He said that this may be an opportunity for the Kuomintang to make a deep review, introspection, and a new start.

Ma Ying-jeou made a serious statement on the 5th, saying that both the Kuomintang Central Committee and Lin Mingqin himself should conduct in-depth reviews and come up with reform methods, "If this continues, we will be in danger."

　　Former Taipei City Councilor Luo Zhiqiang wrote on the 5th that the result of this election is that public opinion is telling the KMT that if they want to fully govern both the authorities and the localities, "you have to work harder."

He believes that if the Kuomintang wants to be fully in power in 2024, it faces at least three warning signs: first, the power of the administrative machinery of the authorities cannot be ignored; second, Lai Qingde is cutting the burden of the past; It will cause the morale of the army to fluctuate.

The article said that Lai Qingde is now the DPP's internal candidate, and his personal visit to Nantou for the auxiliary election will boost morale.

The KMT's 2024 election layout is still confusing.

　　"China Times" stated on the 5th that looking at the reasons for the KMT's defeat in the election, in addition to the issue of candidates, the wrong election strategy and too late start are also the reasons.

The KMT must learn a lesson and fight for next year's election, and it is not appropriate to delay it any longer.

Senior media person Huang Yangming said on the 5th that if the Kuomintang can learn a lesson in this Nantou by-election, it will not be a bad thing for the Blue Army.

　　"United Daily News" published an editorial on the 5th, saying that it is too early to say that this campaign will be the "blue-green momentum watershed" in next year's election.

At present, the respective crises of the DPP and the Kuomintang still exist.

In terms of the blue camp, the dispute over the nomination of "legislators" within the party from generation to generation, the nominations of New Taipei City Mayor Hou Youyi and Hon Hai founder Terry Gou are in turmoil.

As for the Democratic Progressive Party, the victory in this campaign may have a "joyful" effect on Lai Qingde, but voters' dislike of the DPP's governance will not be eliminated by a by-election.

The public grievances accumulated by the Tsai authorities over the past seven years may explode at any time. "If the DPP does not pay attention to public opinion, when the general election returns to normal turnout, voters will still have to settle the score."