KMT presses Chiang to ‘lead the charge’ and run for Kaohsiung mayor if neededBy Chen Yun / Staff reporterChinese Nationalist Party (KMT) members are calling for KMT Chairman Johnny Chiang (江啟臣) to “lead the charge” by joining a possible mayoral by-election amid a bleak outlook for Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) in a recall vote scheduled for June 6, party sources said on Saturday. Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu raises his arms in a heart shape in a photograph on Facebook yesterday in celebration of Mother’s Day. Calls for ex-KMT chairman and former New Taipei City mayor Eric Chu (朱立倫) to run in a possible mayoral by-election are also intensifying at the grassroots level, another party source said. Taiwan Statebuilding Party Legislator Chen Po-wei, front, second left, participates in a rally in Kaohsiung yesterday supporting a vote to recall Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu. Kaohsiung Deputy Mayor Lee Ssu-chuang (李四川) would be a “safer bet,” said another KMT legislator, who also spoke on condition of anonymity.

Source: Taipei Times May 10, 2020 15:56 UTC