The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday selected Legislator Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) as the party’s candidate for November’s mayoral election in Taipei.
At the party’s Central Standing Committee meeting in Taipei, KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) announced the selection of the 43-year-old lawmaker, who Chu described as a rising star.
Chiang’s legislative experience and solid academic background would bring about “a new chapter” for the capital’s 2.51 million residents, Chu said.
Chiang later told reporters that he would do his best to garner the support of Taipei’s voters and that he was “confident” about winning.
The candidate highlighted issues that Taipei has grappled with, including
Taipei, May 25 (CNA) Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) on Wednesday selected Legislator Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) as the party's candidate for November's mayoral election in Taiwan's capital Taipei.
Taipei, May 15 (CNA) Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) is planning to name incumbent Legislator Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) as its candidate in the Taipei mayor race slated for November this year, sources from the party said Sunday.
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) is planning to name KMT Legislator Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) as its candidate in the Taipei mayoral race scheduled for November, party sources said yesterday.
Chiang, who is undergoing home quarantine and self-health management until Wednesday next week after contracting COVID-19, is to accept the candidacy later that day at a meeting of the party’s Central Standing Committee, they said.
The 43-year-old is expected to deliver a few remarks on his mayoral campaign, the sources said.
The party is also planning to nominate former KMT legislator Hsieh Kuo-liang (謝國樑) for Keelung mayor and KMT Legislator Hsu Shu-hua (許淑華) for
When Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) last month suggested that Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall be renamed the “Taiwan development memorial hall,” the idea did not emerge out of a vacuum.
The hall, which commemorates Chiang Kai-shek (蔣介石) of the KMT, is a symbol that the party faithful would not want to see desecrated. Although Chiang Wan-an’s idea was largely ignored at the time, he was trying to put the party in the driving seat of a process that is going to happen anyway. The Transitional Justice Commission on Sept. 28 last year announced its intention to transform the