On the last day of registration as a legislator in the Kaohsiung City 5th constituency of the Kuomintang, Tong Yanzhen (right), the former parliamentary party chief who intends to run for the election, announced that she would not run for the election, and fully supported the senior councilor Huang Bolin (left).

(Photo by reporter Ge Youhao)

[Reporter Ge Youhao/Kaohsiung Report] On the last day of registration as a legislator in the 5th constituency of KMT Kaohsiung City, it was reported that Tong Yanzhen, the former general secretary of the parliamentary party group who intends to run for the election, announced in the morning that she would not run for the election. She fully supported senior councilor Huang Bolin and challenged for the third time. Li Kunze, the current legislator of the Democratic Progressive Party.

The KMT Kaohsiung City Legislative Council's 5th constituency (Sanmin district and part of Lingya district) was originally relatively simple and expected to be run by senior city councilor Huang Bolin. , so that the election situation changes.

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On the last day of registration today, Tong Yanzhen held a press conference in the morning to announce that she would not run for election. She said that she did have serious plans to run for the legislature because of persuasion from insiders and local people. , the Kuomintang has absolutely no capital to split", so I fully support Huang Bolin, and jointly integrate the resources of the Kuomintang supporters in the Sanmin District, and try my best to fight for the Kuomintang to regain a seat in the Kaohsiung Legislative Council!

Tong Yanzhen praised Huang Bolin's efforts in promoting programming education and Keding education. It is obvious to all that he is an indispensable and important contributor to Kaohsiung's education circle. The micro-insurance promoted in the parliament last year has benefited countless disadvantaged people.

Tong Yanzhen said that although Kaohsiung is a difficult constituency, I hope that Sanmin District will fire the first shot for Kaohsiung, and then all constituencies can find the best candidates. I also call on those who want to challenge the candidates for the Legislative Council seats to express their opinions as soon as possible. , Bravely challenge the status quo of DPP dominance.

Huang Bolin thanked Tong Yanzhen for her commitment. This will be his third confrontation with Li Kunze, the incumbent legislator of the DPP. He believes that the situation this time is more optimistic because there was an anti-extradition campaign four years ago, which is not good for the KMT.

Before September last year, his opinion polls were ahead of Li Kunze, but there were changes due to factors such as the confusion of the presidential nomination, but he was confident in this seat.

Luo Shixiong, chairman of the Kaohsiung City Party Committee of the Kuomintang, also thanked Tong Yanzhen for setting the best example of unity. The whole party unanimously supported Huang Bolin's advancement to the Legislative Yuan.

As for the primary elections in the other 7 constituencies, it is expected that registration will be carried out in the second stage. He revealed that each constituency has at least one candidate.