KMT picks ex-Taiwan deputy as its leader
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TAIWAN’S largest opposition party, the Kuomintang, has picked as its chief the island’s former deputy leader Wu Den-yih (right), an advocate of improved and stable cross-Strait relations.
In his acceptance speech, Wu, 69, said the party would need to implement measures to boost the economy by increasing incomes and implementing pension reforms.
Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping sent his congratulations, saying he hoped the two parties would keep in mind the well-being of people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and firmly oppose Taiwan independence.
Thanking him in reply, Wu said he expected the two parties would continue to consolidate the 1992 Consensus and promote the institutionalization of peace across the Strait.
Wu expressed the hope that the two parties will carry forward Chinese culture, advance sustainable development of both sides and join each other on the road to a bright future.
Wu, a former top official in the previous administration and a party senior, hails from central Nantou County.
A legislator for many years, Wu takes over from current party chair Hung Hsiu-chu in August, having won 52.24 percent of the votes, which were split among six candidates.
He now faces the task of fostering the next generation of party leadership.
“The main task for Wu is to cultivate talent within the KMT and do well in the local elections next year ... This will help the party for the next leadership election in 2020,” said Fan Shih-ping, a professor at Taiwan Normal University.
At voting booths on Saturday, some supporters emphasized the long road ahead for the KMT.
“There seems to be a chasm within the party,” said KMT member Kung Yu-mei, 59, as she cast her vote in New Taipei City.
“The new chairperson really has to bring back consistency to the party, because if everyone has their own practices, this party will never be able to stand together.”
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