Taiwan People's Party (TPP) founder 
Ko Wen-je said on September 20 that the collapse of Kuomintang (KMT)-TPP cooperation in the Zhubei mayoral race had so far produced little spillover, but that the two parties' leaders should confer on how to handle it. Ko spoke while canvassing a market in Zhudong, Hsinchu County, alongside TPP county council candidate Chung Hsin-yu.
What did he say about the Zhubei split? Speaking to reporters in Zhudong, Ko said Taiwan's elections are hard to predict, that anything can happen over a long campaign and that what matters is whether problems can be resolved effectively once they arise, CNA reported. He said the race was ever-changing and that in Zhubei neither side could be asked to stop criticising the other or to stop campaigning, so care was still needed. Those questions, he said, should still be settled through consultation between the two parties' senior leaders.
Where else was he campaigning? The TPP has nominated five county council candidates in Hsinchu County, Ko said, urging supporters to concentrate their votes so the election could give Taiwan's politics a new face, no longer mired in blue-green confrontation, CNA reported. His schedule then took him to Taoyuan, where he was to canvass with city council candidates Lin Yen-liang and Wu Cheng-chi. A day earlier he had helped Hukou county council candidate Chen Hsiu-mei hold an open house at her campaign headquarters, Liberty Times reported.
What was said at the Taipei launch? At the campaign headquarters launch of Hsu Fu, a TPP candidate for Taipei City Council in the Songshan and Xinyi districts, KMT legislator Wang Hung-wei said in remarks carried by CNA that the opposition must unite and cooperate. She said she hoped to see the KMT and TPP cooperating in Taipei and in every county and city so that their seats are maximised, calling that the most important reason she attended. Taichung Deputy Mayor Cheng Chao-hsin, attending on behalf of Mayor Lu Shiow-yen, said opposition unity was so important that he had to come. The event also drew Zhubei mayoral candidate Chiu Chen-yuan and Ko's wife Chen Pei-chi.
What is the TPP aiming for? TPP chair Huang Kuo-chang, also present, said winning all six of the party's Taipei City Council races is its most important goal in Taipei this year. On Hsinchu, he said the TPP keeps its promises and that its one goal in Zhubei is to elect Chiu, whom he called its strongest candidate.
Figures referenced: Ko Wen-je. — JudgeMarket.
