With that settled, I'm logging off for a while to handle a particularly busy period of work. Thanks for the interest and conversations and see you around!
KMT announces primary poll result as follows: Han Kuo-yu 44.805%, Terry Gou 27.730%, Eric Chu 17.900%, Chou Hsi-wei 6.020%, Chang Ya-chung 3.544%
Re: Q about candidates' numbers against Tsai and Ko, said that's for internal review
Source: China Times feed: https://t.co/qH5PNcQZ6H
Han 52 Gou 34 Chu 13 Other 1 looks like the average head-to-head result across the polling companies. CTI is calculating the KMT vs Tsai vs Ko question to only show the KMT guys' numbers against each other (and Han is winning those double digits too)
In separate statements, Tsai Ing-wen and DPP chair Cho welcome Lin Fei-fan to DPP. Cho said party needs vitality and new blood (lit. "new cells")
https://t.co/Qy4kTTt17h
https://t.co/9cbALz5urT
Huang Kuo-chang calls for Lin to guide DPP to mend its errors
https://t.co/UJmbW18xJQ
Citing referendum and nat sec amendments, Ma Ying-jeou says "green terror" of Tsai administration is creeping people out, and Taiwan has become less democratic past 3 years
https://t.co/D5BuoXEm2A
Tsai spox: Does Ma think everyone's lost their senses?
https://t.co/nFkRJYHoqh
NPP: We can only discuss cooperating with the DPP on legislative districts (in some, parties' nominations overlap) after discussing values and ideals such as sovereignty, labor rights, and equality
https://t.co/01CmunYSD7
NPP legislator Hung Tzu-yung 洪慈庸: Many youths choosing DPP over NPP and we have to ask why. She's worried the party is avoiding discussing what direction to take, disagrees w/what she perceives as Huang Kuo-chang's stance against cooperating with DPP
https://t.co/qpZlnSeKGB
UDN: Some in green camp saying they want an apology from Lin Fei-fan for some of his criticisms of the DPP and its leaders in the past
https://t.co/5QDPaENSQs
SCMP: #Taiwan's ex-president Ma Ying-jeou found not guilty in political leaks case compared to Watergate at the time. High Court had initially found him guilty last year for violating the Communication Security and Surveillance Act #台灣https://t.co/sRqxVpg33J via @scmpnews
New Party pres candidate blames Sunflower Movement for detainment of 12 Taiwanese financial analysts (his business associates) on fraud suspicions in China, saying the services pact would have resolved the issue of legal recognition of their credentials
https://t.co/XgvdFdxDq3