KMT Central Standing Committee election: For the first time, the number of candidates is less than the number of candidates.

　　China News Service, February 7. According to Taiwan's "Central News Agency", the Kuomintang will elect the second member of the 21st Central Standing Committee on March 9. This is the first time that the number of candidates in the Central Standing Committee election is less than the number of candidates. , 29 people should be elected, but only 27 people participated. Party officials pointed out that 30 people originally registered to run for the election, but 3 people did not complete the registration information, so this time, 27 Central Standing Committee members will be elected.

　　According to the operating rules for the election of the second member of the 21st Central Standing Committee recently passed by the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang, the election of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee will be announced before January 26, and the form collection and registration will be carried out on February 1 and 2. An operating fee of 5 must be paid when registering. Ten thousand yuan (NT$, the same below), and a deposit of 500,000 yuan. The voting will be opened on March 9, and the selected list will be announced before March 12.

　　There are 29 seats to be elected in the Kuomintang Central Standing Committee election. The qualifications must be current Central Committee members and voted by all party representatives. The Kuomintang announced its candidate list on the 6th. There were 29 candidates to be elected, but only 27 people registered. This became the first time in the history of the Kuomintang Central Standing Committee election that the number of candidates was less than the number of candidates.

　　In particular, the Kuomintang "legislators" showed little interest in running for the Standing Committee. Only the Kuomintang "legislator" Zheng Zhengqian registered to run. In addition, Liu Dabei, Shen Qingguang, Lu Xuezhang and others who have been re-elected as members of the Central Standing Committee for many times have not registered to run.

　　Regarding the fact that the number of candidates for the Central Standing Committee election is less than the number of candidates, party officials pointed out that the party constitution stipulates that there are 35 to 40 members of the Central Standing Committee, of which 29 should be elected. Party representatives vote from among the Central Committee members, and the party chairman can designate There are 6 to 11 members of the Central Standing Committee.

　　Party officials said that a qualification review meeting for the Central Standing Committee was held on the morning of the 6th. Originally, 30 people registered to run for the election. Since 3 people did not complete the registration information, 27 people passed the review. Therefore, 27 Central Standing Committee members will be elected this time. .