EDITORIAL: Transparency in party politicsRepresentatives of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) met on Saturday to discuss a possible “blue-white alliance” to defeat the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in January’s presidential election. Transparency is a good thing, and the two sides were certainly being transparent about their intentions. His party stands to gain more legislative seats, and therefore political influence, if he makes a moral stand as an independent candidate. If Hou is the vice presidential candidate, the KMT would have become the third party, a corroboration of its terminal decline. For the KMT, Ko taking the presidential ticket is a non-starter; it would almost certainly prefer to walk away from the alliance.

Source: Taipei Times October 17, 2023 17:49 UTC