KMT caucus voices support for the TPP’s Ko rallyStaff writer, with CNAThe Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus yesterday voiced support for a Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) rally today, saying the judiciary “must not become a tool for political reckoning” and warned against what it described as selective enforcement of the law to target opposition figures. The KMT made the comment after the TPP called on its supporters to rally in Taipei today in protest against the guilty verdict that sentenced former TPP chairman and Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) to 17 years in prison for corruption. A poster for the Taiwan People’s Party’s rally in Taipei today. The TPP said the ruling Democratic Progressive Party was undermining judicial independence and that the system had become a political tool. Separately yesterday, KMT Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) did not respond to questions about whether she would join the rally to support Ko.

Source: Taipei Times March 28, 2026 17:13 UTC