Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) returned to work after his defeat in the presidential election to face the music in the city he abandoned for three months to concentrate on his campaign. One possible objection to holding a recall vote at this point is that it is unfair to condemn the administration of a maverick newbie so early in his first term. He has said that he has no interest in standing, but he said the same for the KMT presidential primary last year. He could wait to see if the polls are kinder to him closer to the recall vote and pre-emptively resign if it looks like he will lose. He has a few months’ lead before a potential recall vote occurs.

Source: Taipei Times January 22, 2020 15:56 UTC