He Zhiyong and Cao Eryuan participated in the election in violation of disciplines, and the Kuomintang revoked their party membership

He Zhiyong violated discipline by running for mayor of Hsinchu and was revoked from the KMT. (File photo, taken by reporter Hong Meixiu)

With the countdown to the 2026 local elections entering 45 days ago, the Kuomintang took great action to deal with disciplinary cases before the election. He Zhiyong, the former deputy director of the International Department of the Kuomintang who violated discipline by running for Hsinchu mayor, and Cao Eryuan, who registered to run for Lianjiang County magistrate, were revoked from the party. Chen Yixin, chairman of the Kuomintang Cultural Communication Committee, said that the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China passed two levels of party disciplinary punishment cases for a total of 24 people, including 10 people being expelled from the party and 14 people being revoked.

After the meeting, Chen Yixin reported that most of those who were expelled from the party this time were involved in violating disciplines by running for township mayors. Once a Kuomintang member quits the party or runs in violation of discipline, it will easily create a three-legged situation, which will disperse the votes that originally supported the Kuomintang. In the end, it may lead to the defeat of the Kuomintang in the local election. Therefore, the disciplinary committee believes that the circumstances are relatively serious and must be severely punished.

In addition, Chen Maojia, the former president of the New Taipei Youth Federation of Trade Unions, who ran for New Taipei City Council, and Zhang Shuhua, the former deputy chairman of the Taichung City Party Committee who ran for Taichung City Council, were revoked from the party. Former Kuomintang legislator Chen Xuesheng’s assistant Xu Cixi ran for Taoyuan City Council on behalf of the People People’s Party. Liu Zhongshu, spokesperson of the Yilan Supervisory Alliance for High-Speed ​​Rail Extension, accepted the nomination of the Times Force and ran for Yilan County Council, and they were all expelled from the party.

According to the Kuomintang party discipline regulations, the main difference between expulsion from the party and revocation of party membership lies in the degree of punishment and the time limit for applying for restoration of party membership in the future. Those whose party membership has been revoked must have completed three years before they can apply for reinstatement, and those who have been expelled from the party must have completed six years.

Cao Eryuan violated discipline and registered to run for Lianjiang County Magistrate. The Kuomintang is now trying to revoke his party membership. (Provided by Cao Eryuan)