
KMT Chairman Cheng Lai-wen moved the regular meeting to Hualien, pointing out that there were opponents there who were abandoning bail and that the DPP had specific support targets, and called for the blue camp to concentrate its votes.
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The Hualien County Magistrate election is divided, with the blue camp facing scattered votes and rumors of bail abandonment.
The Hualien County Magistrate election is a three-legged election, but the split of votes in the blue camp seems to make the Kuomintang anxious! Today, party chairwoman Cheng Lai-wen specially brought the "regular meeting in action" to Hualien County, saying that "there are already opponents in Hualien who are trying to bail out." This was interpreted as targeting Wei Jiaxian. He also emphasized that the DPP has already had "specific support targets" in Hualien. He pointed at Speaker Zhang Jun, warmly shouted, "There is no rush to fight," and called on votes to be concentrated on You Shuzhen.
Party Chairman Zheng Liwen held a regular meeting in Hualien today. Legislators Fu Kunqi, Zheng Tiancai, Hualien County Magistrate Xu Zhenwei, Kuomintang county magistrate candidate You Shuzhen, etc. attended. In front of Fu Xu and his wife, Zheng Liwen praised Xu's political achievements in Hualien, and even mentioned that Fu Kunqi spent his whole life in politics speaking out for the rights of Hualien people and crying out for the injustice of Hualien people.
Zheng Liwen said that what is interesting about this year's Hualien county magistrate election is that "there seems to be no candidate from the Democratic Progressive Party." "I wonder if the Kuomintang is running too well in Hualien. All the candidates for county magistrate are from the Kuomintang." The Democratic Progressive Party did not nominate a candidate.
But Zheng Liwen changed the topic, "Didn't the DPP participate in this county magistrate election?" Zheng Liwen said, "Of course there is, there must be." The DPP has long chosen the candidates they want to support. On the surface, this election does not seem to have a DPP candidate, but it is actually a blue-green duel.
Then Zheng Laiwen pointed out that "the opponent has begun to abandon the bail" and "this election is not about personal futures or personal or family grievances." This is an election about right and wrong and justice. She emphasized that "the Hualien County Magistrate election will affect Taiwan's presidential election next year and the future of the Republic of China." Zheng Liwen warmly shouted on the spot, "We are from the same roots, so there is no need to worry about each other." Don't lose the overall situation, lose Hualien and the future because of temporary emotions. Please support Hualien people as the only "Chinese Kuomintang Blue Army" You Shuzhen.
Cheng Lai-wen mentioned in her speech in Hualien today that "someone has abandoned the insurance." Who is abandoning and protecting whom? Some local political figures interpreted that Wei Jiaxian's camp had previously surpassed You Shuzhen in the internal polls, which is likely to mean "abandoning travel to protect Wei". As for the target of the DPP's support, it was targeting Speaker Zhang Jun, who had previously been in the same frame as Xiao Meiqin, in an attempt to return the tone of the election to the "blue-green showdown" that is most beneficial to the KMT.

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