KMT, TPP to hold talks, Hou saysBy Shih Hsiao-kuang and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) have agreed to hold talks on cooperation ahead of next year’s presidential election, the KMT’s presidential candidate New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi (侯友宜) said yesterday, adding that his campaign keeps an “open mind on all issues.”Speaking on the sidelines of a campaign event in Taipei, Hou told reporters that his office and KMT leaders spoke yesterday morning with representatives of TPP Chairman and presidential candidate Ko Wen-je (柯文哲). New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi, center, the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) presidential candidate, speaks at a news conference in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Liao Chen-huei, Taipei TimesSeparately yesterday, Ko’s campaign spokesman Tai Yu-wen (戴于文) told reporters that the two sides are stuck on whether to publicize their talks. The KMT has already sent some of its top leaders for negotiations, “what more do you want?” he asked, urging the TPP leader to drop his preconditions. The KMT has many vice chairs, so his effect in that role would be limited, Jaw said.
