On December 25th, the election of the speaker and deputy speaker will be held. The current KMT speaker Jiang Genhuang (right) and deputy speaker Chen Hongyuan (left) of the New Taipei City Council are considered to have a high chance of being re-elected.

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[Reporter Lai Xiaotong/New Taipei Report] On December 25, the swearing-in ceremony of the 4th New Taipei City councilors will be held, followed by the election of the speaker and deputy speaker. The New Taipei City Council has a total of 66 members. This time, the KMT won 32 seats and the DPP 28. All political parties have less than half of the seats, the non-party solidarity alliance plus 5 non-party seats, and the Taiwan People's Party has 1 seat. If the KMT successfully integrates the third force, it is still expected to keep the speaker and deputy speaker seats.

Although Lin Jialong of the Democratic Progressive Party was defeated in the mayoral election of New Taipei City, he worked hard to promote the "chicken" election during the election. This time, the Green Camp members performed well. , increased by 3 seats compared with this year, and the KMT lost 1 seat, from 33 seats to 32 seats.

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According to the past practice, the non-party solidarity alliance and the non-party membership have a total of 5 seats, which can be regarded as the "friendly army" of the blue camp. As long as the KMT wins the support of more than 2 seats from the third force, it will not be a problem to reelect the speaker and deputy speaker.

However, the DPP’s chances are not slim. If it can get all the support of the third force, including the People’s Party, there are 6 seats, and it can still control more than half of the 34-seat parliament. There is still a chance to fight.

The current Kuomintang Speaker Jiang Genhuang and Deputy Speaker Chen Hongyuan are considered to have a high chance of re-election. Jiang Genhuang said that in principle they will fight for re-election, and the relevant details will be discussed with the city party department.

Huang Zhixiong, chairman of the New Taipei City Party Committee of the Kuomintang, pointed out that in the next one or two weeks, party members will be invited to a meeting to discuss, establish the nomination mechanism and direction of the speaker election, and seek candidates who are willing. Direct nomination, if there are more than 2 groups of people registered, internal consultation or fake voting will be carried out to comply with democratic and legal procedures.

It is rumored that the Kuomintang may form an alliance with a third force, and even exchange the post of deputy speaker to seek support.

In this regard, Cai Jinxian, the chairman of the City Council Non-Party Unity Alliance, said that he has been busy thanking votes for the past few days, and has not had time to discuss the election of the speaker.

Chen Qineng, the general convener of the DPP group of the city council, said that no matter what the odds are, the DPP will definitely nominate candidates and will not hand them over. It is expected that the party group meeting will be held on December 15. In addition to the reelection of cadres, the election of the speaker will also be discussed , Solicit opinions within the party.

As for whether to fight in person?

Chen Qi-neng responded that he would follow the instructions of the Party Central Committee, and if the Party Central Committee needed him to act, he would be obliged to take responsibility, otherwise he would not take the initiative to compete for the Speaker.