Lai touts support for women’s issuesUNION CONFUSION: A former TPP legislator said that if the KMT and TPP were to form an alliance, Ko should lead that coalition, given his popularity in recent pollsBy Chen Yun and Kan Meng-lin / Staff reportersVice President William Lai (賴清德) yesterday touted his support of women’s issues at the launch of a group for female supporters of the Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) candidate for president. Photo: George Tsorng, Taipei TimesDuring President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) seven-and-a-half years in office, Taiwan has excelled in evaluations, he added. Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) presidential candidate New Taipei City Mayor Hou You-yi, fourth left, gestures at a campaign event in New Taipei City yesterday. Taiwan People’s Party chairman and presidential candidate Ko Wen-je, center on stage, welcomes supporters at a meet-and-greet event in Taipei last night. A TVBS poll last month showed that Ko had a support rate of 33 percent, surpassing that of Lai for the first time.