Ma wins leadership election in Taiwan
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January 15, 2012, Sunday
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MA Ying-jeou, the incumbent Taiwan leader and chairman of the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party was declared the winner in the island's leadership election yesterday evening.
Ma expressed appreciation and gratitude toward his supporters at a large gathering held at the KMT headquarters in Taipei amid a heavy rain.
He attributed the victory to the policies his team has made to fight corruption and maintain peace.
Taiwan people recognized the efforts KMT has made to end disputes with the Chinese mainland and maintain peace across the Taiwan Strait, he said at the gathering.
At a press conference at the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) headquarters, Ma's major rival Tsai Ing-wen admitted her failure in the election and announced she would resign as DPP chairwoman.
Ma and his running mate Wu Den-yih, who is incumbent chief of the executive authority, received more than 6.89 million ballots, or 51.6 percent of the votes. Tsai and her running mate Su Jia-chyuan picked up more than 6.09 million ballots, or 45.6 percent of the votes.
People First Party (PFP) chairman James Soong and his running mate Lin Ruey-shiung received more than 369,000 ballots, or 2.8 percent of the votes, according to the island's election organization.
A spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council delivered a speech after the Taiwan leadership election, saying that the facts over the past four years have indicated that the peaceful development of cross-strait relations is the correct path which has obtained support from a majority of Taiwan compatriots.
"We sincerely hope that the Taiwan society will remain stable and people live a happy life," the spokesperson said.
"We are willing to join hands with Taiwan in all walks of life on the basis of continuing to oppose 'Taiwan independence' and sticking to the '1992 Consensus' to break new ground for the peaceful development of cross-strait relations and make common efforts for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation," the spokesperson said.
Ma expressed appreciation and gratitude toward his supporters at a large gathering held at the KMT headquarters in Taipei amid a heavy rain.
He attributed the victory to the policies his team has made to fight corruption and maintain peace.
Taiwan people recognized the efforts KMT has made to end disputes with the Chinese mainland and maintain peace across the Taiwan Strait, he said at the gathering.
At a press conference at the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) headquarters, Ma's major rival Tsai Ing-wen admitted her failure in the election and announced she would resign as DPP chairwoman.
Ma and his running mate Wu Den-yih, who is incumbent chief of the executive authority, received more than 6.89 million ballots, or 51.6 percent of the votes. Tsai and her running mate Su Jia-chyuan picked up more than 6.09 million ballots, or 45.6 percent of the votes.
People First Party (PFP) chairman James Soong and his running mate Lin Ruey-shiung received more than 369,000 ballots, or 2.8 percent of the votes, according to the island's election organization.
A spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council delivered a speech after the Taiwan leadership election, saying that the facts over the past four years have indicated that the peaceful development of cross-strait relations is the correct path which has obtained support from a majority of Taiwan compatriots.
"We sincerely hope that the Taiwan society will remain stable and people live a happy life," the spokesperson said.
"We are willing to join hands with Taiwan in all walks of life on the basis of continuing to oppose 'Taiwan independence' and sticking to the '1992 Consensus' to break new ground for the peaceful development of cross-strait relations and make common efforts for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation," the spokesperson said.
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