Lu Xiuyan is appointed as the general chairperson of Jiang Wanan’s campaign. Qin Huizhu: The extra point effect is not due to the election situation.

Kuomintang Taipei City Councilor Qin Huizhu believes that Taichung Mayor Lu Xiuyan's appointment as the chairperson of Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan's campaign headquarters will help connect supporters in Taichung and Taipei. (Photo by reporter Zhang Caiqian)

The campaign team of Taipei Mayor Chiang Wanan announced yesterday (18th) that Taichung Mayor Lu Xiuyan will serve as the general election committee committee. A press conference will be held at 2:00 pm today (19th). Since Lu Xiuyan confirmed that the appointment as chairman was only finalized three days ago, the outside world speculated whether it was related to the tense election situation of Jiang Wanan. Taipei City Councilor Qin Huizhu of the Kuomintang said in an interview this morning that Lu Xiuyan is a five-star mayor and has high expectations in the blue camp. Having Lu as the chairman can connect supporters in Taichung and Taipei, and will also help connect the 2026 local elections to the 2028 presidential election. She believes that this arrangement has a bonus effect and is not an election emergency.

Qin Huizhu pointed out that Lu Xiuyan is highly anticipated within the blue camp and hopes that she can represent the blue camp in the 2028 presidential election. Having Lu Xiuyan serve as the chairperson of Chiang Wanan’s campaign headquarters will not only allow supporters in Taichung and Taipei to connect with each other, but also allow the blue camp to start planning from the 2026 local elections and continue to the 2028 presidential election, forming an electoral connection.

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In response to external comparisons that when Jiang Wanan ran for mayor of Taipei four years ago, he did not arrange for Lu Xiuyan to serve as the chief campaign committee member or similar arrangements, and questioned whether this arrangement was made because of the tight election situation. Qin Huizhu believed that Lu Xiuyan herself was a candidate for mayor of Taichung four years ago. At that time, she was busy running for re-election and had to win the support of Taichung citizens. It was impossible to directly serve as the chairman of the campaign headquarters of another candidate.

Qin Huizhu said that Lu Xiuyan came to Taipei several times to support Chiang Wanan four years ago, and the two also attended campaign headquarters-related activities together. Therefore, it was not that she did not support Chiang Wanan at that time, but that Lu Xiuyan was also a candidate at the time, which was different from this time when she served as the mayor of Taichung as the general election committee. She believes that the roles and situations of the two elections should be distinguished and should not be interpreted as indicating that Jiang Wanan’s election situation is in danger.

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