Neither the blue nor the green majority will be elected to the next term of the Yilan County Council, and the contest between the speaker and deputy speaker is turbulent.

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[Reporter Jiang Zhixiong/Yilan Report] The number of seats in the next session of the Yilan County Council is not more than half of the blue and green seats, and the dispute between the speaker and the deputy speaker is raging. The chairman of the Kuomintang, Zhu Lilun, hopes to cooperate with non-DPP members to gain the greatest support. Support the county magistrate Lin Zimiao's administration; Chen Junyu, chairman of the Yilan County Party Committee of the DPP, said that the DPP will seek alliances and fight to the end.

In this local election in Yilan County, the Kuomintang won a complete victory. Zhu Lilun participated in the Thanksgiving Tea Party of the Yilan County Party Headquarters of the Kuomintang today. He also showed up at the venue and shook hands with Zhu.

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Among the 34 newly elected members in Yixian County, the KMT has 13 seats, the Democratic Progressive Party has 11 seats, and the Opposition and Political Alliance has 10 seats. When asked about this matter today, he said that the Kuomintang does not have more than half of the seats, and it wants to seek cooperation from the outside world. The candidates for the speaker and deputy speaker have not yet been determined. Zhang Shengde kept a low profile and did not express his opinion.

Zhu Lilun said that the KMT in the Yilan County Council can combine non-DPP members to gain the greatest support, form a stable force, and help Lin Zimiao to govern. The Party Central Committee respects the autonomy of the party groups in counties and cities. If necessary, it will issue instructions to require party members to support the KMT nomination Candidates.

Chen Junyu, who is the chairman of the DPP’s county party department and a county councilor, said that he will do his best to form alliances with members of various parties, hoping to break the long-term monopoly of the speaker and deputy speaker by the KMT, but the cross-party alliance requirements must be provided by the DPP. Members serve as one of the Speaker or Deputy Speaker.

Chen Wenchang, a member of the Democratic Progressive Party who served as the speaker, expressed his willingness to run for the election. He pointed out that the two parties, the Nationalist Party and the Democratic Party, have no more than half of the seats. Opportunities come back.

The Kuomintang group of Yixian County Council decided to push Zhang Shengde to run for speaker.

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The Democratic Progressive Party will nominate Chen Wenchang to run for speaker.

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Zhang Shengde (left) shakes hands with Zhu Lilun.

(Photo by reporter Jiang Zhixiong)