Dai Xiqin will represent the KMT in the election of speaker.

(Photo by reporter Yang Xinhui)

[Reporter Yang Xinhui/Taipei Report] The voting for the chairman and deputy speaker of the Taipei City Council will be held on December 25. The Kuomintang, which has the largest number of seats, is fighting fiercely. The current speaker Chen Jinxiang and deputy speaker Ye Linchuan are fighting for re-election. , Qin Huizhu aimed at the deputy speaker. The Kuomintang held a "false vote" primary election this morning. There were 31 members of the Kuomintang who had the right to vote. In the end, Dai Xiqin won 18 votes, Chen Jinxiang 9 votes, Li Yanxiu 4 votes, and deputy The speaker will conduct a second round of voting because the person with the highest number of votes does not receive more than half of the votes.

As for the speaker, Dai Xiqin won 18 votes today, an overwhelming victory. The first round of voting was finalized, and Dai Xiqin was determined to represent the Kuomintang to be the speaker. As for Chen Jinxiang, he got 9 votes, and Li Yanxiu got 4 votes.

As for Deputy Speaker Ye Linchuan with 15 votes, Chen Bingfu with 14 votes, and Qin Huizhu with 1 vote, since the highest voter did not get more than half of the votes, a second round of voting will be held, and the results are expected to be announced in the afternoon.

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Dai Xiqin was interviewed and said that although he advocates the alternation of generations, he does not deny the contribution of any senior member of parliament. The old stems and new branches are as important. This is the beginning of a generation. The KMT does not have the problem of splitting. - Visit the parliamentary colleagues of various parties to understand the expectations for parliamentary reform, improve the efficiency of deliberations, and play a key role in supervising the municipal administration.

Taipei mayor-elect Chiang Wan-an will take office on December 25. On the same day, the city council will vote for the re-election of the chairman and vice-chairman. There are 61 members in total, and the KMT won 31 seats. For non-party members whose party is blue, the pan-blue camp can get more than half of the votes. , the speaker can be regarded as the pocket of the Kuomintang.

Since the speaker and the deputy speaker vote separately, it is possible that the speaker and the deputy speaker will be elected by different groups in the end; the first round of voting by the Kuomintang parliamentary party group in the primary election this year is from 9:00 am to 11:00 am. More than half, there will be a second round of voting, the second round of voting from 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm.

The Democratic Progressive Party won 21 seats this time, and will still nominate candidates for the chairman and deputy speaker, but even if it unites with allies, it will be half sad. Zhang Maonan, chairman of the Taipei City Party Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party, said in an interview yesterday that the parliamentary group meeting on the 13th decided that Li Jianchang would cooperate with Liu Yaoren , taking seniority as a consideration, unanimously passed two people to be elected, and will also seek support from small parties such as the People's Party and the Independent Party.