Regarding the 2024 presidential election, the outside world believes that the chairman of the Kuomintang, Zhu Lilun, has given the ball to New Taipei Mayor Hou Youyi, but Hou is unwilling to accept the ball.

Hou Youyi said that everyone's comments and thinking are respected.

(Photo by reporter Lai Xiaotong)

[Reporter Lai Xiaotong/New Taipei Report] The KMT’s 2024 presidential nomination layout has attracted attention from the outside world. The party chairman Zhu Lilun said that everything he does is for the main candidates. The outside world interprets that Zhu has already made the ball for the mayor of New Taipei Hou Youyi, but Hou was unwilling to catch the ball.

Hou Youyi said today that he respects everyone's comments and thinking, the most important thing for him now is municipal construction, and he will go all out.

Rumor has it that after the KMT failed in the by-election of Nantou legislators, the party began to exert pressure, hoping that Hou Youyi would announce whether to run for president in May or June in advance.

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Hou Youyi attended the symposium on action governance in Yonghe District and was interviewed today. He said that he respects many different voices outside. He is now the mayor of New Taipei City. Everyone plays his role well, including the size of the construction of New Taipei City and the 2030 municipal vision. , there are still many issues that need to be fought side by side with the central government to promote the long-term plan of New Taipei City.

The outside world believed that Zhu Lilun had given the ball to Hou Youyi, but Hou Youyi was unwilling to catch the ball. He was asked if he would calm down and discuss the presidential nomination with the Party Central Committee?

Hou Youyi responded, respecting everyone's different comments and thinking, the most important thing is that he still has to go all out to make the municipal construction in place, which is what he should do at this stage.

In addition, Xu Chengyang, chief of the Yonghe District Governors Association, will link up with the chiefs of the 29 administrative districts of New Taipei City to jointly sign the proposal and propose to the KMT Central Committee to recruit Hou Youyi to run for president.

Hou Youyi said that he is the mayor of New Taipei City. What he should do at this stage is to listen to the voices of the village chiefs and solve problems, so that the municipal construction can be carried out rapidly and the city can progress.

As for the presidential election, whether to propose a "blue and white cooperation" for the party center?

Hou Youyi said that what the country needs is the common prosperity and common interests of different colors. Only through common prosperity and common interests can Taiwan achieve sustainable development.

As for the founder of Hon Hai Group, Terry Gou, who took the initiative to invite the chairman of the People's Party, Ke Wenzhe, to join him, but Ke declined, and the door was closed.

In this regard, Hou Youyi said that everyone's thinking should be respected. Only by working together, doing things for the country and the people, making Taiwan more united, and contributing to the greatest interests of the country and the well-being of the people's greatest concern, is what should be done. matter.