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In an exclusive interview, Chiang Wanan did not make a clear commitment as to whether he would serve the full term of Taipei mayor, triggering speculation about his candidacy for the 2028 presidential election.
When Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan was asked in an exclusive interview a few days ago whether he has aspirations to become president in 2028, he did not directly respond that he would "do a good job" after being re-elected. Seeing that some supporters of the blue camp could not stand it, he accepted an interview with the media after the show and gave a positive answer. Unexpectedly, Xiao Jingyan, the former spokesperson of the Kuomintang, recently made a shocking revelation. In fact, before July this year, Jiang Wanan had intensively privately arranged dinners with pro-blue media reporters to explore the possibility of directly attacking the president, triggering heated discussions.
When Jiang Wanan was interviewed by programs such as "Shaokang Situation Room" and "News Face to Face" and was asked whether being elected as mayor of Taipei would mean he would not be elected president, Jiang Wanan was coy and refused to promise that he would serve for four years, which triggered criticism. Hsiao Jingyan directly responded to this in the social media. Jiang Wanan, facing the critical juncture of the re-election campaign for Taipei mayor in 2026, has an ambiguous attitude towards the "2028 position" and repeatedly avoids it. He only vaguely mentions "doing a good job in municipal administration". This is a serious strategic misjudgment and will cause voters to lose trust.
On the 22nd, Xiao Jingyan also broke the news on "New Taiwan Party Online" that Jiang Wanan did not dare to give a definite answer that he would not be elected president in 2028. First, the staff around Jiang Wanan may have told Jiang Wanan that "you can't talk to Jiang Wanan," because he didn't know how the situation would change in the future; secondly, Jiang Wanan himself really I was thinking, "Did he keep making appointments with reporters working on the blue line in the past few months, before July, to meet one-on-one in private, and then explore the possibility of directly attacking the president in 2028? Many people in the industry know this." After hearing this, the host Li Zhenghao exclaimed: "Huh? Is there such a thing?"
Yesterday (26th), Xiao Jingyan mentioned this matter again in "Forward New Taiwan", "During the period from April to July, it is true that (Jiang Wanan) was very active in meeting with reporters from the Blue Camp. Of course, this was not Jiang Wanan's initiative. Of course, he had staff to support him, and I hope he can consider this matter, so he will do it in July The political atmosphere that everyone sensed from that time was like this. At that time, the media also conducted polls, and Jiang Wanan’s popularity was very high, higher than that of Lu Xiuyan. But then the municipal issues began to be magnified, and with the rise of the "ocean current", it seems that this matter (referring to the election of the president) no longer needs to be discussed. "
Xiao Jingyan's revelations were subsequently shared on forums and communities such as PTT and Threads. Netizens expressed, "If you want to elect the president, anyone with fake eyes can see it." "Why else would you go to Kaidao on 7/25? The timing is consistent." "I will go to Kaidao in July too." Now everyone in the family has spoken out." "Adou even called for overthrow of the government, but no one in the party hated him." "I have already said that Jiang Bao has been preparing for a direct attack on 2028." "Everyone knows this. He has been calling for central issues since then." "If he hadn't stopped halfway to block the current, he would have almost succeeded 90% of the time." "He has been thinking about it for a long time."

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