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Crossroads Taiwan (Nov. 19, 2023) - Ketagalan Media

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On Saturday, TPP presidential hopeful Ko Wen-je said he was pulling out of a deal that was brokered by former president Ma Ying-jeou on Tuesday, between Ko and KMT presidential hopeful Hou You-ih for a joint presidential ticket. The opposition candidates have been calling for a consolidation against the DPP’s William Lai, as individually each candidate, all of whom have been hovering around 20-30% in the polls generally, will most likely lose to Lai, who has had 30-40% support. The KMT and the TPP hopes to capture the other 60% of the vote as a consolidated ticket. However, the consolidation has proved to be difficult. The key question is whether Hou or Ko will be at the top as presidential candidate. Ko and the TPP claim he has had higher polling numbers in general, while Hou and the KMT point to the KMT’s organizational and financial power as one of the two major parties in Taiwan. While all sides were expecting the result of who would be the presidential candidate in this joint tick

(We delayed this week’s newsletter to announce the result of the KMT-TPP joint ticket, but oh well) News Roundup Hou You-ih, Ko Wen-je agree to joint ticket, only to have Ko renege again On Saturday, TPP presidential hopeful Ko Wen-je said he was pulling out of a deal that was brokered by former president Ma Ying-jeou on Tuesday, between Ko and KMT presidential hopeful Hou You-ih for a joint presidential ticket. The opposition candidates have been calling for a consolidation against the DPP’s William Lai, as individually each candidate, all of whom have been hovering around 20-30% in the…

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