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\nZheng Liwen, file photo: Taiwan Media<\/p>\n
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Taiwan’s 2026 county and city mayoral elections are approaching, and the two parties discussed an election cooperation agreement on the morning of March 18, Chinanews.com and China Central News Agency reported on March 19. On the same day, the Kuomintang passed the cooperation agreement between the blue and white parties. Kuomintang chairman Zheng Liwen said that he hoped that the cooperation between the blue and white parties could successfully win the 2026 election, and lay an indestructible foundation for future cooperation in seeking party succession in 2028.<\/p>\n
\nZheng Liwen, file photo: Taiwan Media<\/p>\n
According to the report, Zheng Liwen said at the standing committee meeting on the 18th that political parties should never just fight to the death, and hope to return to rational dialogue and even open the door to cooperation. This cooperation, of course, is based on the well-being of the people and on policies that are beneficial to Taiwan’s development. Therefore, combining the long-term concerns of the two parties, important strengths, and complementarities, to completely take care of the Taiwanese people without dead ends. Blue-white cooperation, she said, must open the door and take the road to the biggest goal of winning the election.<\/p>\n
Zheng said she hoped that the blue-white cooperation would succeed in winning the 2026 election and lay an Indestructible Foundation for future cooperation in seeking party succession in 2028.<\/p>\n
After the meeting, yin nai-ching, chairman of the Cultural Communications Commission, also reported that Zheng Liwen made a statement after the adoption of the cooperation agreement. \u201cThis is a historic day for the development of Taiwan’s party politics, and the blue-white cooperation has taken an important step forward.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to a report by Taiwan’s\u201cCentral News Agency,\u201d the KMT held a standing committee meeting on the afternoon of the 18th and passed the\u201cCooperation agreement between the KMT and the People’s Party on joint governance and local elections in 2026.\u201d The contents include\u201cShared vision\u201d, \u201cCounty and city mayor nomination mechanism\u201d, \u201cPublic Opinion Survey and integration mode\u201d, \u201cJoint auxiliary election mechanism\u201d, \u201cPost-election cooperative governance\u201d and so on.<\/p>\n
In the\u201cCounty and city mayor nomination cooperation mechanism\u201d, the two sides agreed to the 2026 local civil service election, \u201cFirst nomination, then integration, and jointly recommend a person\u201d approach to county and city mayors cooperation. When the candidates for county and city mayors are integrated, if it is necessary to decide the candidates by public opinion survey, the two sides agree to jointly entrust a credible poll organization, and the poll question type should be compared with the main opponent. As for the\u201cJoint subsidiary election mechanism\u201d, the two sides agreed to establish a\u201cBipartisan consultation working group\u201d, consisting of three representatives from each party, to serve as a mechanism for communication and coordination between the two parties, and set up a\u201cBlue and white joint campaign group\u201d to plan the campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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