More than 240 candidates pledge to never surrender the nation to ChinaBy Chen Yu-fu and Jason Pan / Staff reportersMore than 240 candidates running in the local elections on Saturday next week have signed pledges to defend Taiwan and never surrender, leaders of pro-independence groups said yesterday. Chen said the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) mayoral candidates for Taipei, New Taipei City, Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan and Kaohsiung have signed the pledges. Among the city councilor candidates who have signed them, most represent the DPP, with some also running for the Taiwan Statebuilding Party. Fifteen councilor candidates of the Taiwan Obasang Political Equality Party have also signed, Chen said. Twenty-one candidates for Taipei city councilor have signed, as well as 21 city councilor candidates for New Taipei City, nine for Taoyuan, 31 for Taichung, 20 for Tainan and 35 for Kaohsiung, he said.
