The KMT won a big victory in the 9-in-1 election, and the 2024 presidential election is bullish. The competition and competition between the party chairman Zhu Lilun, New Taipei Mayor Hou Youyi, and the opposition camps have begun.

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Another "Kahou" conspiracy theory was nominated for "raid" in April

[Reporter Lin Liangsheng/Taipei Report] The KMT won the 9-in-1 election. The 2024 presidential election is bullish. The party chairman Zhu Lilun, New Taipei City Mayor Hou Youyi and the opposition camps have begun to compete and wrestle. The Kuomintang estimates that the presidential nomination The launch time will be around April to May next year, and there is even a "raid" version that will be nominated in April, which will affect the layout of interested parties.

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Zhu, Hou and the opposition camps competed and wrestled to start

In the nine-in-one election, the Kuomintang won a big victory, and all the heroes in the party came together. Zhu Lilun, Hou Youyi, Taichung Mayor Lu Xiuyan, the chairman of Zhongguang Zhao Shaokang, the former Kaohsiung Mayor Han Guoyu, the founder of Hon Hai, Guo Taiming, and even the chairman of the People's Party Ke Wenzhe Other non-green and opposition forces were named and packaged into different combinations of president and vice president, and the partners competed for 2024.

However, although everyone in the non-green camp seems to have a chance, people in the blue camp bluntly said that with the Kuomintang's victory beyond expectations, Ke Wenzhe has almost no leverage to challenge the Kuomintang. The only strongest candidate, the voice of "Gonghou" in the blue camp will only become stronger and stronger in the future.

Lin Weizhou: The second group of candidates in opposition should be avoided

Lin Weizhou, a legislator of the Kuomintang, pointed out that the next is a critical period for the Kuomintang. It cannot repeat the mistakes of 2018. It must first start with the integration within the party. Only the candidates in the second group will have a chance to win the election.

According to the KMT’s plan for the past two presidential primary elections, both began in April and May of the year before the election, and formally nominated around July. After two months, insiders in the KMT pointed out that the schedule for the presidential nomination process to start next year should not be long. In any case, if Hou Youyi intends to run for the election, the burden of running for president after the new mayor's term of office is less than half a year will inevitably exist.

There are even more conspiracy theories within the blue camp. It is rumored that Zhu Lilun is trying to manipulate the "Kahou" and adopt "surprise" primary elections to greatly advance the KMT's presidential nomination schedule, which will be completed in April next year.

It is the same as if Hou intends to run for the presidency, it means that he will run for the election within a hundred days after taking office, and the legitimacy of running for the election will be affected.

Regarding the "Kahou theory", there are different opinions within the blue camp. Some people in the blue camp pointed out that Zhu Xie's winning posture and the advantages of the current chairman, if he wants to fight recklessly, the operating system will allow him to qualify. It is not impossible. However, the KMT has experienced two consecutive presidential nomination chaos, and it can be said that it has "rich experience". If it plans to spoof this time, the rebound will be not small.

Another unnamed KMT legislator bluntly said that Zhu Lilun's nine-in-one auxiliary election has run through the whole Taiwan. "He knows best whether he is popular or not." After all, politics pays attention to strength. Zhu is not a fool.

After talking on the night of the nine-in-one election victory, Zhu Lilun did not show up for several days, but the Kuomintang said yesterday afternoon that it will hold gratitude tea parties in counties and cities across Taiwan starting today, starting from Tainan City and Chiayi County, which are difficult constituencies. On one day in Kaohsiung City and Pingtung County, and in Taoyuan City and Taipei City on December 3, Zhu will express his gratitude to the supporters and auxiliary election personnel in various places.