Political commentator Chen Caineng (right) actively expressed his intention to run for the Hualien County Legislator. Today, he went to the Hualien County Party Headquarters of the Democratic Progressive Party to express his will for the Party Central Committee to recruit for the Legislative Election.

(Photo by reporter Wang Jinyi)

[Reporter Wang Jinyi/Hualien Report] DPP’s 2024 regional legislators will open their registration forms on the 20th, and Hualien is listed as a “difficult constituency.” Therefore, the party headquarters in Hualien County will not have primary election forms, and last year’s county election Chen Cai-neng, a political commentator who lost his legislature, took the initiative to express his intention to run for the election. He went to the Hualien County Party Headquarters of the Democratic Progressive Party to submit a letter of intent for the party's central committee to be recruited as a legislator.

Yan Xianzong, chairman of the Hualien County Party Committee, pointed out that since there is no primary election in Hualien, the intentional challenge is optimistic, but it still needs to wait for the central coordination team to go to Hualien to understand the voices of the grassroots and seek consensus and opinions.

The letter of intent will be sent to the Central Party Headquarters. This time, because Hualien is a difficult constituency, this time there is no primary election but recruitment. We will wait for the end of the primary election stage in other counties and cities, and the central coordination team will go to Hualien, " No matter who to nominate, who to cooperate with, who to recommend, it is possible, but it has not yet reached the decision stage.”

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Chen Caineng, who represented the DPP in last year's nine-in-one local election as a county councilor in Hualien County's second constituency, finally cast 1,448 votes. He volunteered to represent the DPP in next year's Hualien County Regional Legislative Election.

Chen Caineng believes that besides legislators, there will also be presidential votes and party votes in the end-of-year elections. From the standpoint of party politics, it is more appropriate for the DPP to introduce its own candidate. He came out to challenge Hualien's long-term family politics.

Chen Caineng said that Hualien County is not only a difficult constituency for legislators. The dissatisfaction of Hualien people is already boiling due to lack of energy, lack of votes, and young people going out to work in Bei Piao. It is necessary to adopt constructive criticism to gather the approval of the anti-Fu political family.

Zhuang Zhicai, a former member of Hualien County, believes that the decision of the party chairman Lai Qingde and the consideration of the central government are of course the priority for the candidates for Hualien's legislators. Although there are rumors that some people have challenged their position, he believes that "everyone is aware of the election situation in Hualien. It is almost impossible for the Hualien DPP to send someone to win the current blue camp legislator. If we look at flipping Hualien, we should consider cooperating with non-party members.”

The grassroots members of the Democratic Progressive Party believe that Chen Caineng is full of firepower and enthusiasm. The last congressional election focused on his image of exposing fraud and blasting Fu Kunqu’s administration. I have reservations, but everyone has the freedom to express their views on the candidates, but in the end it should be decided by the Central Party Committee.