Gou earlier sought the candidacy for the opposition KMT, but lost to New Taipei City Mayor Hou Yu-ih. Read more at straitstimes.com.
has thrown a spanner in the works of a January election expected to return the ruling party for a third term at a time of soaring tensions with China.
The election comes at a time that relations between Taipei and Beijing, which claims the island as its own and has refused to rule out seizing it by force, have soured. Beijing has staged multiple military drills around the island in recent years, drawing condemnation from the United States and its allies.
The KMT has not disguised its anger at Mr Gou’s entry into the race for president, seeing his move as opening the way to a victory for the DPP’s Lai by splitting the opposition vote. But the ruling party “must take the development very seriously”, a senior DPP official told Reuters on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the media.
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