Tainan City Councilor Guo Xinliang put up a "Congratulations to the New Year" billboard on the streets of Liujia District, the 1st constituency of the Nanshi Legislative Committee. The outside world is concerned about whether he will go to the next level to compete for the legislator.

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[Reporter Hong Ruiqin/Tainan Report] Tainan City Councilor Guo Xinliang (former Nanshi City Speaker) rumored that he will run for the legislator of the 1st constituency of Nanshi City. The number of "Happy New Year" advertising billboards on the street continues unabated. At present, the DPP's competitors except the incumbent Legislator Lai Huiyuan, as well as Guo Zhenhui, head of Nanshi Tourism Bureau, whether the DPP will launch a "strongest woman" to compete with the "strongest speaker" at that time, the outside world is concerned.

The Tainan City Party Headquarters of the Democratic Progressive Party stated that party chairman Lai Ching-teh has made it clear that there will be party primary elections in the general election, and that there will be no incumbent priority clause. Based on previous election experience, the primary election will be around March or April, so it is speculated that this year will be over After the Lunar New Year, the primary elections will be prepared, and the city party department will fully cooperate. The primary elections are open to party comrades who intend to run for election, and it will become clear which comrades will come out to compete.

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In addition to Lai Huiyuan, a current legislator from the Democratic Progressive Party, who is fighting for re-election, Guo Zhenhui, director of Nanshi Tourist Tourism Bureau, also revealed his willingness to run for the election on his personal Facebook, and put up a promotional billboard in the same frame as Chairman Lai Qingde.

She said that the development performance of Nanshi's tourism industry has won numerous awards for all to see. Important plans such as "Tainan 400 Years" and "Taiwan Lantern Festival" are being actively promoted. "; Guo Zhenhui also emphasized that the DPP is in need of fresh justice, and she is confident in her mission for the party.

Guo Xinliang was re-elected as the city councilor of Annan District for 7 consecutive terms, setting a record of being elected with the highest number of votes in the 7th term, and is known as the "King of Annan" in the local area; With the help of the Kuomintang, the non-party and three members of the Democratic Progressive Party who "run votes", the "raid was successful" and was elected as the speaker with no party membership. This year's election for the speaker failed.

The first constituency of the Nanshi Legislative Committee includes 11 administrative districts including Houbi, Baihe, Beimen, Xuejia, Yanyan, Xinying, Liuying, Dongshan, Jiangjun, Xiaying, and Liujia.

The current legislator Lai Huiyuan won more than 99,000 votes and 55.64% of the votes, defeating the KMT nominee Cai Yuhui. Cai won more than 68,000 votes and 38.4% of the votes.

If we take the constituency of Xinying District with a large number of votes, in the 2018 Tainan mayoral election, the Kuomintang Gao Sibo won 36.98% of the votes and the DPP Huang Weizhe 35.25%; in the last (2022) Tainan mayoral election, the Kuomintang Xie Longjie won 48.70%, which is also a win Over Huang Weizhe's 43.68%.

Therefore, according to the analysis of politicians, although Guo Xinliang has not yet made a clear statement, but from the fact that the "Congratulations to the New Year" billboards on the street have long been erected and have continued unabated, it is not difficult to deduce that the situation of "blue is greater than green" in Xinying District has great potential.

People in the green camp believe that during Guo Xinliang's tenure as speaker, he has cultivated his grassroots strength and made friends with the Shanghai faction to spread his contacts. If he has no party membership to form an alliance with the Kuomintang forces to compete for legislators, it may cause pressure on the DPP.

In addition, major incidents such as the Xuejia 88 shooting case, the photoelectric case controversy, and the illegal burial of slag all occurred in the first constituency. Obviously, the more topical the constituency, the more people challenge it.

Guo Zhenhui, director of Nanshi Tourism Bureau, is running for the primary election of the Democratic Progressive Party's 1st district legislator, and has put up an election publicity billboard.

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Guo Zhenhui, head of Nanshi Tourism Bureau, is running for the primary election of the Democratic Progressive Party's 1st district legislator, and posted a picture in the same frame as the party chairman Lai Qingde on Facebook.

(taken from Facebook)