Taoyuan City Councilor Zhan Jiangcun announced his candidacy for the legislator of Taoyuan City's 1st constituency, skipping the party's primary election.

(File photo, photo by reporter Xie Wuxiong)

[Reporters Zheng Shuting, Xie Wuxiong/Taoyuan Report] The Kuomintang Taoyuan City Party Headquarters today announced the nomination registration for the second wave of primary elections for the 11th Legislative Council, the first constituency (Luzhu District, Guishan District, Taoyuan District 15), the second constituency (Yangmei District, Xinwu District, Dayuan District, Guanyin District) is expected to run from April 17th to 19th.

The "village head" councilor Zhan Jiangcun announced through Facebook that he would skip the primary election and directly announce his candidacy for the legislator of the 1st constituency, as for whether to nominate the random party.

Zhan Jiangcun has stated many times in the past that he has switched to running for the legislature. He pointed out, "I will not pay another 1.1 million to register for the primary election. I will directly announce my candidacy. I have been a representative for one term and a councilor for five terms! It doesn't matter what the party wants Dispose of me! I remain loyal to the party."

Zhan Jiangcun pointed out that he had already passed the primary election last time, and had already spent 4 million to formally participate in the general election, but the Party Central Committee directly told him that he would be allowed to vote next time; The reason is that he is required to pay another 1.1 million this time, and then invest in an advertisement to participate in the primary election.

Zhan Jiangcun emphasized, "I can't be treated as a bastard just because I don't have a good father! I will directly run for the election, and I don't want to nominate any party."

The current legislator of the 1st constituency in Taoyuan City is Zheng Yunpeng of the DPP. In addition to Zheng Yunpeng of the next DPP, former legislator Huang Shizhuo and former congressman Guo Lihua have also registered to participate in the DPP primary election.