It is the first time since Taiwan’s first direct presidential election in 1996 that a party has won more than two consecutive presidential elections. Rather than being excited, I am concerned about the vote share. Among the three presidential candidates and their running mates, the Lai-Hsiao ticket should have been our only choice in terms of experience, ability, words, deeds, attitude and so on. However, their vote share failed to exceed the total of the KMT and TPP candidates, which means that Taiwanese are not as persistent on sovereignty and self-governance. Hong Tsun-ming, originally from Hong Kong, is a specialist in the Taiwan Statebuilding Party’s international section.

Source: Taipei Times January 16, 2024 03:36 UTC