DistantNews
Support us
🇹🇼 Taiwan /Elections & Politics

Tainan mayoral candidate Chen Ting-fei urges blue and white lawmakers not to block child allowance and NT$10,000 payout

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

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

At a glance

News Named sources New plan
  • Chen Ting-fei jointly registered her Tainan mayoral candidacy with Mayor Huang Wei-che and 31 Democratic Progressive Party council candidates.
  • Chen said she aims to become Tainan's first female mayor in 400 years and win all available council seats for her party.
  • She urged Kuomintang and Taiwan People's Party lawmakers to approve a proposed monthly NT$5,000 allowance for people aged 0 to 18 and a universal NT$10,000 payment.

Chen Ting-fei entered Tainan's local election campaign with a sweeping target: become the city's first woman mayor in 400 years and lead the Democratic Progressive Party to a clean sweep of council seats.

Tainan must win, produce its first female mayor in 400 years, and send the DPP council candidates to a home run.

— Chen Ting-feiShe set out her campaign goals for the 2026 local elections.

The DPP candidate registered jointly on the afternoon of the 2nd with Tainan Mayor Huang Wei-che, Deputy Council Speaker Lin Chih-chan and 31 DPP council contenders. Huang handed Chen a relay baton, presenting the gesture as a symbol that the city's administration should pass from one leader to the next.

Do not block the budget and pass it quickly.

— Chen Ting-feiShe urged Kuomintang and Taiwan People's Party lawmakers to approve the proposed benefits.

Chen said she would build on the foundations laid by former Tainan mayor and President Lai Ching-te, as well as Huang. She described the coming year-end 2026 election as a contest for the

The local election is not an individual contest for the mayor and councilors. It is a team battle for Tainan.

— Lin Chih-chanThe DPP Tainan party chief framed the election as a collective party campaign.
About this summary

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.

More Stories

From Our Blog