The DPP has launched the nomination plan for the county mayor election on the island at the end of the year. For the nomination of "mayors directly under the central government" who intend to fight for re-election, there is no incumbent priority clause. The nomination status of Tainan City is particularly concerned. It is understood that the coordination group of the DPP Election Countermeasures Committee (referred to as the "Election Committee") will listen to the opinions of party members, compile their opinions and submit them to the Election Committee for nomination reference. It is expected that the Central Executive Meeting will be held on March 2. Three counties and cities nominated. It is expected within the party that Tainan Mayor Huang Weizhe, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Qimai, and Chiayi County Mayor Weng Zhangliang will be re-elected.
In terms of the nomination rules for county mayors, the DPP is the incumbent priority nomination for those who are not "municipalities directly under the Central Government" for re-election, while the nomination of " directly governed mayors" is not included in the incumbent priority clauses as before. This system design was adopted by Lenovo. is associated with intra-party factional competition in Tainan City. The election meeting held last week to confirm the establishment of a "consultation and coordination group" by the end of February, and to complete the report to the election meeting before the end of February. The party also expects to hold a central executive meeting on March 2 to complete the nomination. However, the competition among factions within the party in the election of the next legislator, as well as how each system will arrange the issues for the next Tainan speaker, still needs to be resolved by the high-level.
Green Camp has had a long-term conflict between the supporters and the anti-religion after the Tainan City Speaker's vote-running case in 2014. Guo Xinliang, who had been re-elected as deputy speaker for three consecutive terms at that time, suddenly announced his withdrawal from the DPP before the election of the speaker. Cooperation, the second round of voting outperformed Qiu Lili, a member of the Democratic Progressive Party who was launched to compete for the speaker, and Guo was elected as the speaker, which made the DPP lose the seat of the speaker in the Tainan City Council. After the speaker ran away with the vote case, except for Guo Xinliang who was expelled from the party, the three runaway members were only suspended for one and a half years, and they can still represent the DPP in the next election. This incident also buried hidden worries for Huang Weizhe's re-election process.
As Huang Weizhe does not have any local councillors, and Mr. Lai still has a strong hatred for the 2018 vote-running case, it was rumored in the past that some people in the party had offered to use "mayor for speaker" to resolve local conflicts On the one hand, Huang Weizhe won the re-election ticket, and on the other hand, he supported Guo Xinliang, who will run for election without party membership, as the speaker. Some people in the party even hope that Lai Qingde, who is expected to take the "big position" in the future, can come forward and communicate with Lai's congressmen on the next speaker election on the premise of harmony and reducing possible enemies in the future. However, people close to Lai seem to disagree.
party insiders pointed out that the DPP has long conducted polls on the performance of the heads of the governing counties and cities, and Huang Weizhe has performed well, and he has not made a big mistake. In addition, in the 2020 party election, Huang cooperated with the British Department, the Yongyan Association and the New Department to form a good relationship. Last year, Huang's children announced their candidacy for city councillors, and the British elites Hong Yaofu and Huang Chengguo were also present. On the platform, it is obvious that there is a certain foundation of trust and cooperation between Huang and the Ying clan. Even if some factions in the party have opinions on the current priority system, Tsai Ing-wen is even more unhappy that the mayor of the ruling county will be overturned due to local conflicts. ; As for the dispute over the election of the next speaker, it will be resolved later. (Xue Yang/Editor)
