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Huang Kuo-chang accuses Hsu Hsin-ying of openly lying as Blue-White alliance collapses

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • A dispute between Taiwan’s Kuomintang and Taiwan People’s Party has intensified after their cooperation collapsed over the year-end Zhubei mayoral election.
  • TPP chairman Huang Kuo-chang accused KMT candidate Hsu Hsin-ying of breaking her word and publicly lying, while Hsu denied that she had made a commitment to support the TPP.
  • Commentator Chang Yu-meng said the conflict had angered TPP supporters, some of whom were shifting toward backing a Green candidate.

The Blue-White alliance has fallen apart in Hsinchu County and Zhubei, and the fallout has turned into a public fight over who promised what. Taiwan People’s Party chairman Huang Kuo-chang attacked Kuomintang candidate Hsu Hsin-ying on the fifth, saying that breaking one’s word was already bad enough, but continuing to lie openly would only make her look worse.

Breaking your word is already outrageous. If you continue to lie openly, you will only make yourself look worse.

· Huang Kuo-changThe Taiwan People’s Party chairman criticized Hsu Hsin-ying during the dispute over the Zhubei mayoral election.

Hsu has said she never received a specific commitment from the TPP to support her in the primary. She has also denied that the Kuomintang offered to give way in the Zhubei mayoral race. Hsu said she visited the TPP’s central headquarters on March 5, during the primary stage, to seek its support, but received no concrete promise. After she won the primary, Huang met with her, though she described the encounter as informal discussion.

Hsu said the party headquarters had signed an agreement stating that the two sides would coordinate if the Kuomintang put forward a candidate in Zhubei. She said she had only learned about those rules in recent days. “I will not promise anything I cannot promise,” Hsu said, while asking, “How have I been dishonest?” She also said the alliance could still have a chance through Nov. 28.

I will not promise anything I cannot promise.

· Hsu Hsin-yingThe Kuomintang candidate defended her account of the negotiations with the Taiwan People’s Party.

Chang Yu-meng, chairman of the Taiwan Youth Generation Common Good Association, said the dispute had made the two parties look unable to govern. “The Blue-White alliance can create such chaos just in Hsinchu County and Zhubei, yet it still dreams of governing?” he wrote. Huang ended one criticism by saying that if Hsu continued to lie publicly, she would only look worse. TPP legislator Chiu Chen-yuan also said that honesty was a core value of politics.

How have I been dishonest?

· Hsu Hsin-yingHsu rejected Huang’s accusation that she had acted in bad faith.

Chang said reports had described TPP staff members complaining that Blue-White cooperation had been limited to Chiayi City, Yilan and New Taipei, with only Chiayi City ultimately offering a viable contest. He said the TPP was being left to take candidates the KMT did not want, or to serve as a political shield when the KMT could not win. Chang added that some TPP supporters had moved from calls to cast invalid ballots to urging voters to support Cheng Chao-fang to punish Hsu and the KMT.

The Blue-White alliance can create such chaos just in Hsinchu County and Zhubei, yet it still dreams of governing?

· Chang Yu-mengChang criticized the two parties after their cooperation broke down.
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Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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