Chiayi County Councilor Lin Xiuqin supported the election of DPP Xingang mayor candidate Ye Menglong, and also attended the inauguration of Yan Tiaohong, a non-party mayor candidate.

(Picture taken from Lin Xiuqin's Facebook)

[Reporter Lin Yizhang/Chiayi Report] Lin Xiuqin, a member of the DPP Chiayi County, was re-elected. Yesterday, he attended the inauguration meeting of the election headquarters of the non-party mayor candidate Yan Tiaohong, and also attended the DPP nomination of the township mayor candidate Ye Menglong's election headquarters. Post the photos of attending the 2 events on personal Facebook; some people questioned whether it was appropriate for the DPP to nominate Ye Menglong to run for the mayor of Xingang, and Lin Xiuqin to go to the inaugural meeting of the headquarters of the candidates for the township without party membership.

The Chiayi County Party Office stated that if it receives a report, it will collect relevant evidence and send it to the executive jury meeting for discussion.

Lin Xiuqin, a member of the Chiayi County Council of the Democratic Progressive Party, said that yesterday (November 5), she attended the inaugural meeting of the election headquarters of Yan Tiaohong, a candidate for the non-party township mayor. Due to the fierce competition in the second constituency of the county councillor, she came to power as a member of parliament candidate. The villagers present sought support for her to be elected as a member of parliament. She also attended Ye Menglong’s inaugural meeting of the competition, and supported Ye Menglong with the county magistrate Weng Zhangliang and the candidates for the Guojia team. Some people questioned whether she attended the activities of the non-party mayor candidate. Appropriately, she said that she would respect the results of the party's meeting to discuss.

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Ye Menglong said that the day before yesterday, Senator Lin Xiuqin had informed him in advance that he would go to the non-party candidate's event to ask the villagers to support her to be elected as a member; the election of the second constituency member was very competitive. In the process of democratic election, he respected the election of the candidate During the period, he attended various events to ask for votes from the villagers. The practice of congressional candidates going to various occasions to ask for votes.