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Lu Shiow-yen and Chiang Chi-chen join more than 30 council candidates to register, calling for a KMT sweep in Taichung

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

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

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  • More than 30 Kuomintang candidates for Taichung City Council registered together on the third day of registration for Taiwan’s year-end local elections.
  • Taichung Mayor Lu Shiow-yen and mayoral candidate Chiang Chi-chen joined council speaker Chang Ching-chao and deputy speaker Yen Li-min at the registration event.
  • Lu and Chiang said party unity would support victory and continued development in Taichung.

More than 30 Kuomintang candidates registered for Taichung City Council together, with Mayor Lu Shiow-yen and mayoral candidate Chiang Chi-chen joining the event to project party unity.

Council Speaker Chang Ching-chao, Deputy Speaker Yen Li-min, caucus secretary-general Lee Chung and party office chief Su Po-hsing were among those registering. They were accompanied by Lu, Chiang, Yen Ching-piao, former speaker Chang Ching-tang and legislator Huang Chien-hao.

a KMT grand slam

— SupportersThe slogan was shouted at the joint registration event for Taichung council candidates.

Supporters shouted slogans including “a KMT grand slam” and “Taichung will get better.” Chang said the party would unite to seek victory and stand with residents so Taichung could continue developing and prospering.

Taichung will get better

— SupportersAnother slogan used by supporters during the registration event.

Lu said Taichung needed a good mayor to take over the next stage and a capable city council. She described Chiang as a candidate for a better future mayor and said she hoped all the candidates would succeed. Chiang said unity had helped the KMT win over the past eight years and would support victory in the mayoral and council elections again.

Chiang said he would register personally the following day, on September 3, Armed Forces Day. A former Hai Lung frogman, he said he would bring the spirit of the unit to the campaign for city government.

Unity is what allows us to fight for victory.

— Chiang Chi-chenHe linked party unity to past and future electoral success.
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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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