TAIPEI - Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang (KMT) party will pick New Taipei City mayor Hou Yu-ih to be its presidential candidate in the election next year, a senior party source told Reuters on Wednesday (May 17), with China tensions set to top the election agenda. The run-up to the vote in mid-January is taking place at a time of increased...
Supporters of the opposition party Kuomintang celebrate the preliminary results of the local elections during a rally in Taipei, Taiwan on Nov 26, 2022.TAIPEI - Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang party will pick New Taipei City mayor Hou Yu-ih to be its presidential candidate in the election next year, a senior party source told Reuters on Wednesday , with China tensions set to top the election agenda.
The senior party source said the KMT will announce Hou as the presidential candidate later on Wednesday. A second party source said Hou is widely expected within the party to become the candidate. Both sources declined to be named due to the sensitivity of the matter. Taiwan media reported this week that Hou is expected to be KMT's choice for the 2024 poll, running against the DPP's William Lai, Taiwan's vice president.
"I will keep my promise to do my best to support Mayor Hou's election campaign in order to win the 2024 election and to remove the incompetent government," Gou said in a Facebook post.
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