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Taiwan People’s Party registers six Taipei council candidates, with Wu Yi-hsuan seeking to overturn her 1,000-vote loss

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

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

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  • Six Taiwan People’s Party candidates registered for Taipei City Council, with party leaders urging supporters to turn out as the local elections enter an 88-day countdown.
  • Former party chairman Ko Wen-je said turnout could remain below 60%, which he said could hurt the party because many of its supporters are young office workers.
  • Candidate Wu Yi-hsuan said she had spent four years providing legal consultations, constituent services and family activities after narrowly losing her previous race.

With 88 days left before Taiwan’s local elections, the Taiwan People’s Party’s “Taipei team” registered six candidates for Taipei City Council. Huang Shan-shan, Lin Zhen-yu, Chen Yu-cheng and Chang Chih-hao, along with newcomers Hsu Fu and Wu Yi-hsuan, attended a joint registration event accompanied by founding chairman Ko Wen-je, current chairman Huang Kuo-chang and caucus secretary-general Chiu Hui-ju.

Politics must be put into practice in daily life, in every day of people’s lives.

— Ko Wen-jeHsu Fu cited Ko’s words while describing a focus on practical public service.

Ko said turnout this year might not exceed 60%. Because the party’s supporters are relatively young and many work office jobs, he argued that low participation could work against the party. The party has adopted a cautious nomination strategy, putting forward only one candidate in each Taipei district. Ko urged supporters to go out and vote.

Huang Kuo-chang said the registration event took place near the newly built Guangci social housing project, which he described as a visible result of Ko’s time as Taipei mayor and of efforts to improve the neighborhood and meet housing needs. He said four of the six candidates had demonstrated their professionalism in the city council, while Hsu and Wu had long records of public service and local work.

Is this the political environment we want for Taiwan?

— Chen Yu-chengHe questioned online attacks against a restaurant that displayed his campaign sign.

Wu said she had missed election last time by only 1,000 votes. Over the past four years, she said, she had worked locally through legal advice, constituent services and parent-child activities, hoping to enter the council. Huang Shan-shan called for a third force in all 12 Taipei districts, while Chen Yu-cheng criticized online attacks against a beef-noodle shop that displayed his campaign sign. Chang Chih-hao urged supporters to vote, saying, “Not a single vote can be lost.”

Not a single vote can be lost.

— Chang Chih-haoHe urged supporters to participate in the election.
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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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