EDITORIAL: Ko scuppers presidential chances

During the Global Views Leaders Forum in Taipei on Tuesday, the host asked the participants — Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲), New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜) and Taoyuan Mayor Cheng Wen-tsan (鄭文燦) — about their presidential aspirations, and whether they might stand in the 2024 presidential election.
All three mayors dodged the question, as politicians always do, although you could not blame the host for asking.
Ko had been expected to stand last year, and both Hou and Cheng are popular mayors.
Hou, in particular, is seen as a rising star in a party lacking obvious candidates in its next generation

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