Permutations of a Gou candidacyBy Tzou Jiing-wen 鄒景雯Everyone who cares about elections in Taiwan is wondering whether Hon Hai Group Precision Industry Co founder Terry Gou (郭台銘) would declare his candidacy in the presidential election scheduled for Jan. 13 next year. After all, Gou started out in the KMT’s “deep blue” camp and has close connections within it. Furthermore, the KMT has long-term links with local factions and has a well-organized network in local areas. The party is now propped up more by local factions than the political elite in Taipei. If Gou is not ready to start collecting signatures, his political fireworks would end next month, when calm would be restored.
