TPP founder 
Ko Wen-je warned on Sunday that the collapse of KMT-TPP cooperation in the Zhubei mayoral race could spill into other races, calling Changhua County lost and Hsinchu County probably hard to save. Asked whether the breakdown between the Kuomintang and the Taiwan People's Party in Zhubei could affect other races, Ko said New Taipei, Kaohsiung and Yilan could also be hit and should not be taken lightly, while the race in Taipei was relatively stable.
What did Ko say about the breakdown? Ko, speaking to reporters at the Taipei City Council before a TPP laser-tag event hosted by party city councillor Chen Yu-cheng, said he was no longer thinking about Zhubei or Hsinchu County but about the spillover, and that containing it was the top priority, CNA reported. Party cooperation need not align 100 percent at every step and will sometimes hit a wall, but trouble must be dealt with quickly, he said, adding that two weeks earlier he had repeatedly urged TPP Chairman Huang Kuo-chang and the KMT chair to clean up the fallout. He would not single out anyone for blame over Zhubei, he said, but a problem left to drag on unresolved could spin out of control. He described Taipei residents as relatively autonomous and independent.
Where does the Zhubei race stand? Media reports cited by CNA said a My-Formosa poll released on September 12 showed that, without a joint candidate, KMT candidate Wu Hsu-chih narrowly led on 29 percent against 25.2 percent for Tseng Sheng-kai of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP). TPP candidate Chiu Chen-yuan drew 17.4 percent in the same poll.
Figures referenced: Ko Wen-je. — JudgeMarket.
