TPP not looking for backroom deals, Ko saysBy Huang Ching-hsuan / Staff reporterA coalition between the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) and the pan-blue camp should be based on shared political values and ideas, not on the hope of making backroom deals or negotiating over legislative seats, TPP Chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) said yesterday. Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) Chairman Ko Wen-je, center, gestures after registering for the party’s presidential primary at the TPP headquarters in Taipei yesterday. Photo: Fang Pin-chao, Taipei TimesThe former Taipei mayor yesterday said that cooperation is still possible if the two parties share the same ideas and values. Although former Taipei deputy mayor Vivian Huang (黃珊珊) is a good candidate, the TPP might want to extend its influence by looking at someone else, he said. TPP presidential primary candidates were required to register between April 27 and yesterday, and it planned to hold a primary today, if necessary.
