The party group of the Yilan County Council of the Democratic Progressive Party held a party group meeting late at night, and decided to elect members Chen Wenchang (left) and Jian Songshu (right) for the election of the speaker and deputy speaker.

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[Reporter You Mingjin/Yilan Report] In the election of the next speaker and deputy speaker of the Yilan County Council, the Democratic Progressive Party’s county council party coalition failed. Tonight (23rd) after returning from Japan, the party group meeting was held overnight, and the decision was made to nominate the candidate, and Chen Wenchang, a member of the party, was elected , Jian Songshu ran for the chairman and deputy speaker, and asked the 11 members of the party group to vote unanimously.

The next member of parliament will take office on the 25th, and the speaker and deputy speaker will be elected on the same day.

The KMT has 13 seats, the Democratic Progressive Party has 11 seats, and the Opposition and Political Alliance has 10 seats (9 seats without party membership plus 1 seat from the Protestant Party).

There are 34 members of parliament in Yixian County. To win the chairman and deputy speaker, the party must hold the votes of at least 18 members of the assembly.

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The chairman of Yilan County Council, Zhang Jianrong, has retired. In the next election of speaker and deputy speaker, the KMT party group has decided to push Zhang Jianrong's son, Xinke MP Zhang Shengde, to run for the speakership. The deputy speaker suggested supporting non-party member Chen Hanzhong.

Chen Hanzhong is the current deputy speaker, and the party group meeting of the Opposition and Political Alliance has also decided to cooperate with the Kuomintang. The election of the chairman and deputy speaker is almost a foregone conclusion.

However, the DPP still strives for a breakthrough. It has previously expressed goodwill and hoped to cooperate with the Kuomintang. The speaker and deputy speaker of the party fought for at least "one seat", but they did not receive a response.

As the Kuomintang and the opposition coalition have expressed their views one after another, Chen Junyu, chairman of the county party committee and general secretary of the party group, once said that the DPP does not rule out any form of cooperation, and will communicate with the opposition coalition. Speaker candidates may consider supporting the opposition alliance.

The DPP parliamentary party group traveled to Thailand from the 11th to the 15th, accompanied by MPs Lin Ximing, Chen Yuping, and Qiu Sumei from the Opposition Political Alliance. It was rumored that Chen Wenchang would partner with Chen Yuping to run for the chairman and deputy speaker, but Chen Yuping must be able to hold 7 votes Only with the above strength can the election be reversed.

The DPP followed up with a trip to Japan from the 17th to the 23rd. Although there were no members of the opposition alliance, important cadres such as Chen Junyu and Chen Wenchang participated, restraining the members of the party group from running votes, and unanimously supporting the party group’s decision on candidates. The former acting county magistrate Chen Jinde also accompanied them.

Chen Yuping stayed in Yilan for the past few days, lobbying relevant members of the Opposition and Political Coalition, but returned in vain. Yesterday, the Opposition Coalition held another caucus meeting and reiterated its support for Zhang Shengde and Chen Hanzhong's position.

Members of the Democratic Progressive Party came back from Japan tonight, and rushed to the parliament to hold a caucus meeting at 9:00 p.m. Before the meeting, Chen Wenchang and Chen Yuping made a final confirmation;

After learning the results, the DPP group decided to launch Chen Wenchang and Jian Songshu to run for the election of the chairman and deputy speaker. Chen Junyu, the general secretary of the party group, said that there are 10 congressmen attending the meeting tonight. , all members of the party group must vote unanimously, and must express their attitudes and positions. If they fail to vote, they will be punished by party discipline, which is expulsion from the party.