Chairman Lai Ching-teh of the Democratic Progressive Party presided over the first meeting of local party chief committees after taking office yesterday. In particular, the chairpersons were asked to take stock of the situation and basic background information of the legislative constituencies within their jurisdiction, and submit an analysis report within one month.

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[Reporter Chen Zhengyu/Taipei Report] The drums of the 2024 election are beating. The DPP executives said today (9th) that the nominations for the president and legislators will be tied together and will start in March at the latest. It is estimated that the process will take 1 In one and a half months, the nominees for the president and regional legislators will be finalized in about June.

DPP chairman Lai Qingde presided over the first meeting of local party committee chairmen after taking office yesterday.

According to reports, Lai Qingde specially asked the chairpersons to take stock of the situation and basic background information of the legislative constituencies within their jurisdiction, and submit an analysis report within one month; although it did not directly touch the nomination schedule, Lai Qingde expressed his hope that it would be as soon as possible, and hoped to be held in April or May Legislative party primaries.

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In response to the planning of the primary elections for the president and legislators, the top executives of the Democratic Progressive Party said today that the schedule for the primary elections of the president and legislators will be tied together. Relevant work will start in March at the latest, such as proposing the primary election schedule, organizing the nomination group, and passing the qualifications for the election. It will take one and a half months (6 weeks), so it can be determined at the end of May or June at the earliest Candidates.

In addition, in 2016, the DPP allowed Lin Changzuo to run for the fifth constituency of Taipei City, and in 2020 Chen Baiwei was allowed to run for the second constituency of Taichung. This person explained that the DPP has many mature mechanisms, and this year it will basically follow the existing system Handling and negotiation, including some special electoral districts, difficult electoral districts and primary electoral districts, the party department will have different roles for different situations.

Regarding the nomination of legislators from different regions, senior DPP officials pointed out that the Party Central Committee will deal with regional legislators first, and there will be nomination groups for non-regional nominations. For non-political candidates, it is hoped that diverse representatives of society will be included, taking into account ethnic groups, gender, and expect to be younger.

As for the presidential primary election, this person pointed out that the DPP’s goal this year is divided into three stages. The first is the Nantou Legislative By-election on March 4. Important work; the second is the primary election schedule for the president and legislators, which should come out before June. The Central Party Headquarters is a fair and impartial election agency, otherwise it will not be enough to convince the public; third, the Party Headquarters is waiting for the nominees to be determined After that, he will be responsible for the by-election tasks in the second half of the year.