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Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien (林智堅) on Monday said that he would not seek election as mayor of the proposed special municipality of Hsinchu in a move that bolstered the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) bid to redraw the nation’s administrative map.
Lin wrote on Facebook that he had made the decision “to stop the political machinations of the opposition parties, and refocus the debate surrounding the upgrade to ‘Greater Hsinchu’ on the nation’s strategic development and the efficiency of governance.”
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has opposed the DPP’s plan to merge Hsinchu City and Hsinchu County into a special municipality, citing concerns
By Tsai Chang-cheng, Hsieh Chun-lin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporters, with staff writerHsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien （林智堅） on Monday said that he would not seek election as mayor of the proposed special municipality of Hsinchu in a move that bolstered the Democratic Progressive Party’s （DPP） bid to redraw the nation’s administrative map.
Polling stations have only just shuttered and it seems clear where the political winds are shifting next.
Coming off of their resounding victory in the referendums on Saturday, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) heavyweights convened a high-level meeting the following morning in the presidential residence. Among the many policies they discussed moving forward, the most headline-grabbing was their support for a proposal to merge Hsinchu city and county into one “Greater Hsinchu,” which would hopefully be upgraded to become the nation’s seventh special municipality.
The idea has been bandied about in earnest ever since Hsinchu Mayor Lin Chih-chien (林智堅) of the DPP