
Chen Qimai, Lai Ruilong, and Kang Yucheng led the Green Camp and faced off against the blue and white lineup of Han Guoyu, Ke Wenzhe, and Ke Zhien.
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Sanmin District is the second most populous administrative district in Kaohsiung. The number of seats in the next parliamentary election will increase, and competition among various parties is fierce. Kaohsiung has seen many confrontations between the blue and green camps holding large-scale campaign events on the same day.
The election of Kaohsiung mayor and council members is heating up, and Green, Blue and White will gather in Sanmin District for the first time on November 1 for a fierce battle! Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chi-mai, Democratic Progressive Party Kaohsiung Mayoral Candidate Lai Ruilong, and Speaker Kang Yucheng joined hands with Green Camp candidates to compete with Legislative Yuan Han Guoyu, former People's Party Chairman Ko Wenzhe, and Kuomintang Kaohsiung Mayoral Candidate Ke Zhien's Blue and White Team.
The three members of the Sanmin District of the Democratic Progressive Party, including Speaker Kang Yucheng, the youth faction He Quanfeng and Zheng Mengzhen, are scheduled to hold a joint establishment meeting of the campaign headquarters at Sanfeng Palace on November 1. Former mayor Ye Julan, Mayor Chen Qimai, and DPP Kaohsiung mayoral candidate Lai Ruilong will all attend, demonstrating the unity of the green camp.
Sanmin District has a total population of more than 320,000 people, the second largest in Kaohsiung, after Fengshan with 350,000. There are 7 seats in this session: Green 3, Blue 2, and Independent 3. In the next parliamentary election, 12 people will compete for 8 seats (population changes, Sanmin will increase 1 seat); the Democratic Progressive Party and the Kuomintang each propose 3 seats, the People's Party nominates 1 seat, and there are 5 seats without party membership. The competition is fierce.
Also on November 1st, Legislative President Han Kuo-yu will go south to Kaohsiung for the second time to attend the founding meeting of the Ke Zhien Sanmin Support Association, and support Ke Zhien and the three KMT congressmen Huang Xiangshu, Huang Bolin, and Tong Yanzhen; Ke Wenzhe and the Kuomintang Party’s only Kaohsiung city council candidate Lin Yukai will also be present, creating a blue-white alliance.
This is the first election in Kaohsiung, with Green, Blue and White competing in the same district on the same day. The DPP will be led by Chen Qimai, who has outstanding political achievements and is extremely popular. Together with Lai Ruilong and Speaker Kang Yucheng, they will fight against the Blue and White camp composed of Han Guoyu, Ko Wenzhe and Ko Zhien.
Prior to this, Kaohsiung had two "Big Game Showdowns" between Green and Blue on the same day. First, in mid-September, Ke Zhi'en launched a campaign in Fengshan to invite Jiang Wanan and Li Sichuan. Lai Ruilong moved out of Shen Boyang and used tornadoes and ocean currents to sweep away the opponents; on October 17, Lai Ruilong held the founding meeting of the competition in Fengshan, where former President Tsai Ing-wen supervised the army, and Ko Zhien invited Han Guoyu to directly attack Xiaogang, Lai Ruilong's birthplace.
On November 1, Kaohsiung Green and Blue faced off again, in the same administrative district and at a similar time. The Blue Camp was also supported by the White Army. Faced with the fierce appearance of all the Blue and White big names, Speaker Kang Yucheng said domineeringly: "Every member of the Green Camp is a big shot."
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On November 1, a campaign will be held between the Green Camp and the Blue and White Camp.
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