Eric Chu to take KMT helm next weekStaff writer, with CNAChinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairman-elect Eric Chu (朱立倫) is to assume leadership of the party at a ceremony on Tuesday next week, a KMT official said on Wednesday. Chu, who won the KMT chairperson election on Saturday last week, is to take over from KMT Chairman Johnny Chiang (江啟臣). The handover date was decided on Wednesday at a meeting of the KMT’s Central Standing Committee, which also confirmed the results of the chairperson election and approved Chiang’s resignation, the KMT official said. Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) chairman-elect Eric Chu, right, grasps the hand of KMT Legislator Chiang Wan-an at an event in Taipei on Wednesday thanking party members for voting for him in the chairperson election. The committee decided to hold a ceremony on Tuesday next week, at which Chiang would hand over the party leadership seal to Chu, who previously served as KMT chairperson from 2015 to 2016, the party official added.

Source: Taipei Times September 30, 2021 15:56 UTC