11/20/2023
Opposition fails to unite behind an opposition candidate. After mutual accusations of bad faith, KMT leader Hou Yu-ih says that TPP rival Ko Wen-Je wrote that business magnate and independent candidate Terry Gou should drop out of the race. Without a unified front, the opposition has has little chance of defeating DPP’s pro-independence candidate, William Lai Ching-te (Mr. Lai), who further boosted his candidacy last week by naming Hsiao Bi-Kim, Taiwan’s representative to the United States, as his vice-presidential running mate.