EDITORIAL: Gou is not a liar-in-trainingHon Hai Precision Industry Co founder Terry Gou (郭台銘) on Monday announced that he will run in next year’s presidential election as an independent candidate, pledging to bring 50 years of peace to Taiwan, double the nation’s GDP growth rate and bring prosperity to the public. Touting finance and business management chops, Gou said the era of “entrepreneurs’ rule” has come and only he has the skills needed in a future president of Taiwan. He also called for unity among “anti-green coalition” opposition party candidates to remove the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) from power. As a political freshman, there are many aspects I still need to learn,” he wrote on Facebook on Friday. Gou also demonstrated his arrogance towards the process in a news conference on Monday.
