OpinionTPP must pick a side before 2024:
With next year’s presidential election approaching, a new challenger to Taiwan’s two-party system has emerged ...
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Taiwan’s TPP Faces Pressure Before 2024 ElectionKo Wen-je has expressed interest in the presidency, while the party’s election record and cross-strait position remain under scrutiny.
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- Former Taipei mayor and TPP chairman Ko Wen-je has expressed interest in running for president in the 2024 election.
- In the 2020 Kaohsiung mayoral by-election, TPP nominee Wu Yi-jheng received 4 percent of the vote, while TPP-backed Vivien Huang placed third in the 2022 Taipei mayoral election.
- TPP candidate Ann Kao was elected mayor of Hsinchu City, which the article says hints at a possible alliance between Ko Wen-je and Terry Gou.
- The TPP officially supports Taiwanese unity, inclusion and accommodation, but the article describes its cross-strait position as inconsistent and argues that it must make a clear choice.
Both sides of the Strait are one family.— Ko Wen-je (柯文哲); his statement on cross-strait relations was criticized as nonpolitical yet widely cited by Chinese state media for political purposes
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