The Central People's Progressive Party's city council party group will register today, and the candidates will be elected next Wednesday, and the KMT will decide after taking the oath of office.

(Photo by reporter Su Jinfeng)

[Reporter Su Jinfeng/Taichung Report] The next Taichung City Council will be sworn in on the 25th. Facing the defeat of the mayor and city councilors, the DPP is actively cheering up, because at the same time, it is also actively operating the election of the chairman and deputy speaker. Party secretary Jiang Zhao The country moved very quickly, saying that the registration for the election of the new general caller of the new party group will start today, and candidates will be selected on the 7th and next Wednesday. If there are more than 2 people, they will vote on the spot; Going abroad one after another is expected to be discussed after taking the oath of office.

In the election of Taichung City Councilors, the KMT won 32 seats and the DPP 24 seats. The DPP not only lost the mayoral election in Taichung this time, but the number of city councilors was lower than the previous 25 seats. And the failure of the city councilor who performed well has given the DPP a warning signal.

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Since the DPP party group in the new parliament is first facing the re-election of the chairman and deputy speaker, although the current KMT chairman and deputy speaker Zhang Qingzhao and Yan Limin will have 32 seats, and they will seek cooperation for one seat without party membership. It is hard to say, so if the DPP group is to operate, it must step up its actions.

Jiang Zhaoguo said that the registration of city councilors who are willing to serve as the first chief convener of the 4th party group will be accepted from today. Three will determine the candidate.

All factions of the Democratic Progressive Party tend to appoint people who have never served as the general caller. Xie Zhizhong from the Nuxin faction, Xiao Longze from the British faction, and the National Assembly tend to promote Zhou Yonghong, the only member of the DPP who received the most votes in the constituency. to run for election.

As for the Kuomintang, Wu Qionghua, secretary of the party group, said that due to the fierce election campaign and the lifting of the ban on the country, many city councilors are currently planning to go abroad next week, so the Kuomintang plans to make a decision after the official swearing-in.