Chen Maosong, a member of the DPP Central Standing Committee and a member of the coordination group of the chairman and deputy speaker, said in an interview that the DPP finally reached a unanimous resolution and passed support for "Chen Lipei".

(Photo by reporter Ding Weijie)

[Reporter Ding Weijie/Report from Chiayi] The re-election of the chairman and vice-chairman of Chiayi City will be held on the 25th. There are two groups of non-party candidates competing, one is "Feng Rui Pei" Su Zefeng and Cai Kunrui, and the other is "Chen Li Pei" Chen Zixuan and Li Zhongli, the DPP city council caucus held 6 votes, and the flow of votes attracted attention. The party caucus meeting was held this morning, and based on the results of the fake vote, it was decided to unanimously support "Chen Lipei".

Local people said that if these two groups of people want to take over the leaders and deputy leaders of the parliament, the six seats of the Democratic Progressive Party votes are the key.

The party group meeting of the DPP city council was held in the city party headquarters this morning. It was a closed-door meeting. Attendees included Chen Maosong, a member of the DPP Central Standing Committee and a member of the coordination group of the deputy speaker, Cai Yiyu, a legislator, and six elected members, Cai Wenxu, Huang Luhui, Huang Dayou, Lin Weixuan, Huang Yingzhi, Huang Minxiu, and Chiayi County Mayor Weng Zhangliang also attended as members of the Central Standing Committee.

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In the re-election of the chairman and deputy speaker, the Central Committee of the DPP has formulated principles such as the entry and exit of the regiment and the exclusion of gangsters.

It is understood that this morning's meeting focused on the implementation of anti-crime clauses and the unanimous vote of party members. After the coordination failed, the 6 members elected finally conducted a fake vote. The meeting ended in about an hour, and the fake vote The results were not published.

Chen Maosong said in an interview that the DPP is united and finally reached a unanimous resolution to support "Chen Lipei".

In addition, the Democratic Progressive Party’s Central Evaluation Committee recently publicly announced that members of the Democratic Progressive Party must follow the resolutions of local party groups and vote unanimously.

There will be a total of 23 councilors in the next Jiashi, 6 from the Democratic Progressive Party, 6 from the KMT, 10 from the non-party membership, and 1 from Times Power; 17 are incumbent councillors, and 6 are first-time councillors.

According to local analysis, the two groups intend to compete for the chairman and deputy speaker. The competition is fierce. The Democratic Progressive Party group has 6 votes and the Kuomintang group also holds 6 votes. This afternoon, the party group meeting will be held to decide whether to self-promote the chairman and deputy speaker candidates or turn to support. For other candidates, if the 6 votes each of the National and Democratic Party groups are deducted, it is estimated that there are about 5 votes from those who are likely to vote for themselves or free votes. Whichever group receives the support of the National and Democratic Party groups with more votes is expected to win the chairman and deputy speaker throne.