Pingtung County Councilor Chen Mingda recently expressed his commitment to the 2024 "Pingtung County First Constituency Legislative Council Primary Election".

(Photo by reporter Luo Xinzhen)

[Reporter Luo Xinzhen/Pingtung Report] Yesterday (8th) the Central Executive Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party passed a principled norm that "incumbent members are not recommended to participate in the election of legislators, except for difficult constituencies and constituencies without incumbent legislators"; the resolution of the Central Executive Committee, It directly affects the current county councilor Chen Mingda who announced his participation in the primary election of the first constituency of Pingtung County a few days ago; register.

Chen Mingda, a member of the Democratic Progressive Party of Pingtung County, publicly stated on Facebook a few days ago that he will participate in the "Pingtung County First Constituency Legislative Primary Election" in 2024. He said, "I come from the grassroots. I understand everyone's voice and what everyone cares about. issues, but I don’t have a lot of resources, I can only rely on everyone’s help to promote and recommend, I believe that Mingda will make Pingtung better and Pingbei better.”

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The Democratic Progressive Party passed it on the 8th, and it is not recommended that incumbent members participate in the legislative campaign. Chen Mingda said by telephone today (9th) that the clause is a bit troublesome for the incumbent members, but his decision has not changed, and he still hopes to have the opportunity to contribute to the Local governments should do more, and elections have always been fair and rational competitions.

Chen Mingda said that because the Party Central Committee "does not recommend rather than prohibit", he will not change his decision, and the visit schedule will continue as usual. He will pick a good day to register for the primary election registration starting on the 20th. He understands The Party Central Committee needs to give an account to the current legislators, but he believes that public opinion is the most important thing. It is up to the public to decide whether a member is suitable to be elected as a legislator.

The current legislator of the first constituency of the Pingtung County Legislative Committee is Zhong Jiabin of the DPP. In addition to his re-election, Huang Xinming, director of the Pingtung Management Division of the Farmland and Water Conservancy Department, and Chen Mingda, a county councilor, have already expressed their challenge.

Su Zhenqing, the current legislator of the second constituency of Ping County, is a non-party member. Xu Zhanwei, the current county councilor of the Democratic Progressive Party who has declared his participation in the district's legislative election, is not affected by this clause.