Guo Xinliang, chairman of the Tainan City Council, announced his candidacy for the chairmanship today, and claimed that President Tsai Ing-wen affirmed his performance and explained that he would maintain the status quo.

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[Reporter Wang Shuxiu/Tainan Report] Guo Xinliang, chairman of the non-party Tainan City Council, who has not publicly stated his re-election, has expressed to the Democratic Progressive Party group today that he will run for the chairmanship.

Guo Xinliang pointed out that President Tsai Ing-wen affirmed his performance and "had an explanation" to maintain the status quo, but DPP members still registered to run for speaker; President Ying’s phone call, “She (Cai) also told me to come on, can I also talk about it?”

During the interview, Guo Xinliang said that because Tsai Ing-wen has done a good job in promoting harmony between the government and the council, promoting municipal administration, and good relations with various political parties in the past four years, he "has an explanation" and hopes to maintain the status quo.

However, someone from the Democratic Progressive Party has registered to run for the speaker, clearly stating that the president is lame and will not dump the president, which not only violates the president's intention, but also deviates from the intention of the leadership center.

Guo Xinliang said that registering for the speaker election is a personal act, and the president dares to violate his will, and he respects it. Now his mood is "what is yours is yours, and it is useless to fight if it is not yours."

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In this regard, Lin Zhizhan, the general secretary of the Democratic Progressive Party Group, said that he has not received any instructions. The establishment of the new party group and the decision to accept the registration of the chairman and deputy speaker for the election is a consensus decision.

Qiu Lili also said that we have not received a call from President Tsai Ing-wen. Tsai is not only our president, but also the chairman of the party that supported the DPP when it was defeated in 2008. We all respect her very much. President Xiaoying also respects each of our political party members and has no preference for anyone; she emphasized that since the Party Central Committee has implemented the method for selecting the chairmen and deputy speakers of municipal and county councils this year, we should follow the central regulations and work hard on our own; "It cannot be said that The unanimous consensus of the party group is to slap President Xiaoying in the face, which is very unfair, I think President Xiaoying also said to me to cheer up, can I also use it to talk about it?"

Qiu Lili said that this was also mentioned in the previous party caucus meeting. Although we have the most seats with 28 seats, we do not have a substantial majority after all. In party politics, if it is for the benefit of the people, it is very important for the party to cooperate vertically and horizontally. To make the operation of the discussion more harmonious, we respect any ideas of the Kuomintang or non-party members!

Qiu Lili further emphasized that it needs to be ratified by the party group meeting tomorrow to officially become a candidate for the speaker. The DPP now has the most seats in the parliament with 28 seats, plus 1 Taiwan Federation and 1 Foundation Progressive Party. I hope this force will become a force for future parliamentary reforms ; Emphasize that after actually obtaining the representative right to run for the Speaker of the House, they will still seek communication and coordination across parties.

She also believes that in the past, there were often money exchanges or suspicions of bribery in the election of the chairman and deputy speaker. Through the cooperation of political parties to eliminate money transactions, I believe it will also bring a positive atmosphere to our Tainan political arena!