Lai Ruilong, chairman of the DPP Central Evaluation Committee, emphasized that, including voting for the wrong person, voting for himself, and casting invalid votes, the Central Evaluation Committee will consider them as running votes and expel them from the party.

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[Reporter Chen Zhengyu/Taipei Report] The election of the chairmen and vice-presidents of each county and city will be held tomorrow (25th), and the teapot storm in the green camp has attracted much attention.

Lai Ruilong, chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party's Central Evaluation Committee, reiterated again today (24th) that if a member of the party votes for the wrong person, votes for himself, or casts an invalid vote, the Central Evaluation Committee will consider it a false vote and will be expelled from the party.

In order to implement the unanimous vote of the members of the DPP, Lai Ruilong and the judges Guan Biling will go to Tainan and Kaohsiung city councils tomorrow morning to sit in the DPP groups to ensure that the votes of the party members are included.

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However, the outside world questioned whether if the DPP members voted for themselves or invalid votes in the election of the speaker and deputy speaker, whether there is room for ambiguity and the punishment of the Central Evaluation Committee can be mitigated.

In this regard, Lai Ruilong once again sternly reiterated today that the election of the speaker and deputy speaker tomorrow will be watched by the people of the whole country. Any behavior of party members who run votes, including voting for the wrong person, voting for themselves, and casting invalid votes, etc., will be determined by the Central Evaluation Committee. In order to run votes, they will all be expelled from the party.

Lai Ruilong called on party member comrades to vote cautiously and not to disappoint the expectations of their supporters. The DPP must unite and reform to regain the trust and support of the people.