After Kuomintang Chairman Zhu Lilun summoned Zhang Shanzheng, the vice chairman of the think tank, to run for the mayor of Taoyuan on the 18th, a person familiar with the blue camp revealed that Zhu Li-lun, the executive director of the think tank, has “an arrow on the string” to elect Kaohsiung mayor. Not only has Zhu recently exchanged with Ke on this matter many times New Taipei Mayor Hou Youyi also persuaded Jin Ke in private, believing that she was very suitable to run for election in the south, and encouraged her, promising to support her election. In response, Ke Zhien responded in an interview a few days ago, “The question now is not to ask me to say YES or NO, but to use the greatest sincerity to persuade former Kaohsiung Deputy Mayor Li Sichuan to come out for election.”
Regarding Ke Zhien’s biography being called up to be the mayor of Kaohsiung, Pan Dehan, a member of the Kuomintang Central Committee, accepted a televised interview with Zhongshi News Network on the 22nd, saying that Ke Zhien is well-known across the country, but now there are other people in Kaohsiung who want to be elected. Former Kaohsiung Deputy Mayor Li Sichuan, if you want to invite Li Sichuan out, Zhu Lilun had better go there in person. If Ke Zhien is to be recruited, Zhu Lilun may also go south to Kaohsiung and discuss it with local voices, instead of the Party Central Committee releasing the news to the media following private discussions.
Pan Dehan also emphasized that many candidates from the Kuomintang are very good. If they are willing to represent Kaohsiung, they must give them a lot of encouragement. After all, it takes a lot of time and effort to participate in the election, and it also requires the unity of the whole party.
