Former Taipei deputy mayor Vivian Huang, the campaign office manager for Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Chairman and presidential candidate Ko Wen-je, speaks at a news conference in Taipei yesterday. The KMT proposed an analysis of nine polls, but later agreed to take out three that favored a Hou-led pairing after the TPP rejected polls conducted solely over landlines. It would be problematic if a joint ticket helps Vice President William Lai (賴清德), the Democratic Progressive Party’s presidential candidate, win, she said. Huang went to the Central Election Commission office in Taipei at 4pm to pick up presidential candidate registration forms on behalf of Ko. Hou yesterday urged Ko to “think things over,” adding that there were still 48 hours for the former Taipei mayor to change his mind about a joint ticket.
