Du Wenzhong (middle), a former Hsinchu County Councilor of the Kuomintang, completed the registration for the party primary election this morning accompanied by his wife Jiang Wenjing (right).

(Photo by reporter Huang Meizhu)

[Reporter Huang Meizhu/Hsinchu Report] The KMT began to process the application form and registration for the primary election of party legislators for 3 consecutive days today. Hsinchu County Councilor Du Wenzhong, accompanied by his wife Jiang Wenjing and other supporters, grabbed the "Touxiang" in the 2nd constituency of Hsinchu County ", complete the form collection and registration in one go.

He said that the current national popularity may not be as good as Lin Siming, a fellow party legislator who is seeking re-election, but with the contacts he has accumulated during his 20-30 years of volunteer work, coupled with his hard work at the grassroots level, he hopes to win support and replace him and win the championship. Congress.

There are currently two legislators in Hsinchu County. One is the first constituency in the western district of Zhubei, which is dominated by northern townships. The current incumbent is Lin Weizhou of the Kuomintang.

The other is the second constituency, which is dominated by townships and townships in Tauqian and Xinan areas such as Zhubei East District and Zhudong. The incumbent is Lin Siming of the Kuomintang.

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This time, the KMT Shuanglin is competing for re-election. They are facing challenges from the former "Republic of China Party" chairman Xu Xinying and Du Wenzhong, who came from the grassroots democratic generation, in the party.

Outside the party, the Democratic Progressive Party is actively deploying, and it does not rule out recruiting education circles, NGO circles, academic circles, technology industries, or technology mothers with a fresh image to come out and create a new situation for the party in Hsinchu County; the ones that have surfaced so far are "Passionate citizen teacher" Huang Yizhong.

Zheng Chaofang, chairman of the Hsinchu County Party Committee of the Democratic Progressive Party, said that both the Party Central Committee and him are optimistic about Huang Yizhong's teaching, youth, fresh image and professional qualities. The demand for the introduction of pioneering education policies is very favorable. Huang Yizhong himself is also a child of Hsinchu, and he is very appealing in any constituency in Hsinchu County.

However, because Huang Yizhong is a current teacher, participating in the election will reverse his future career direction. Huang Yizhong is also facing a long-term test on whether he can really return to his hometown to serve the villagers in the political arena in the future.

Another high-profile Taiwan People's Party in Hsinchu County, it is rumored that Ke Meilan, the physician sister of the party chairman Ke Wenzhe, will join the party's county councilor Lin Shuoyan in the fight.

Although the Green Party lost the seat in the Hsinchu County Council this time, former Hsinchu County Councilor Yu Xiaojing of the Green Party said bluntly that they did not give up.

It’s just that small parties have to work hard to survive in China. Even though the Green Party’s achievements in serving the people in Hsinchu County in recent years are obvious to all, basically they can only fight for one seat in Hsinchu County at present.

The Central Committee of the Green Party currently plans for her to be elected to a national non-regional seat. However, due to her personal considerations and the commitment of voters, she is more willing to represent the Green Party in the first constituency of Hsinchu County to enter the Congress. However, considering the national height of the entire party, it is still not possible Rule out the possibility of cooperating with all pan-green and centrist parties in Hsinchu County.

The Hsinchu County Party Headquarters of the Kuomintang stated that they will continue to open the party primaries and registration for the next legislative election from today, because there are competitions in the two constituencies, and they will first start internal coordination operations according to the procedures. If not, there will be a primary election, so if necessary, a national poll will be conducted as soon as mid-May.

The Hsinchu County Party Headquarters of the Kuomintang will collect forms and register for the next legislative party primary election for three consecutive days from now on. Former county councilor Du Wenzhong (left) received the first incense and took the lead in registering for the second constituency.

(Photo by reporter Huang Meizhu)