Chiang Wan-an Wins KMT Nomination for Taipei Mayor 獲藍提名選台北市長 蔣萬安訪馬英九

The KMT officially nominated Chiang Wan-an, one of its legislators, on the 25th as its candidate to run in the Taipei City mayor's election at the end of the year. Chiang visited former President Ma Ying-jeou, also a two-term Taipei mayor, early in the morning.

Chiang Wan-an, Taipei Mayor Nominee (KMT): “The development of the city is continuous. Past accumulated experiences allow Taipei to sustainably develop under the existing foundation. I will use innovative thinking, technology, and the spirit of sustainability to execute my civic vision for Taipei.”

Chiang emphasized that "I am me. And I am Chiang Wan-an," in response to DPP's claims that he is "Ma Ying-jeou 2.0." Chiang said he will uphold the sovereignty of the Republic of China in future cross-Strait discussions. Chiang states recognizing the fact of division between the two sides of the Strait is the common basis for cross-Strait exchanges.

Chiang Wan-an, Taipei Mayor Nominee (KMT): “The prerequisite for holding the Taipei-Shanghai City Forum is that the CCP will no longer militarily harass Taiwan and show goodwill to us. It only makes sense to hold the forum if the two sides have equal status. We will go back to upholding the sovereignty of the Republic of China and recognize the fact of division between the two. I think this is a way to communicate with the other side. Common ground is very important. I think this is currently the largest common view in Taiwan.”

Compared with its Taipei City candidate, the KMT has nomination chaos for the next Miaoli county magistrate election. There are rumors that some local, key KMT heavyweights have begun to consolidate their support to nominate former Miaoli Irrigation Co-op Chairperson Hsieh fu-hung as the party's next candidate. However, recently, rumors abound that former county magistrate Liu Cheng-hung intends to run again and will conduct telephone polls on the 27th and 28th. The KMT's central office responded that it did not entrust polling agencies to conduct election polls.

Wang Yu-min, Director, Culture and Communications Committee, KMT: “As far as I know, the party's central office is not currently holding a poll for Miaoli. So I believe this is purely a party member maybe making personal statements about such an issue.”

Meanwhile, Miaoli County Council's Speaker Chung Tung-chin is believed to have been "getting ready" for the race. Chung posted on Facebook criticizing the KMT central office for still not deciding on a nomination, which will lead to deepening rifts among local party members.

國民黨25日正式徵召黨籍立委蔣萬安，投入年底台北市長選戰，一早蔣萬安馬不停蹄前往拜會，前總統、也曾擔任過2任台北市長的馬英九請益。

蔣萬安表示：「城市的發展是延續性的，經由過去經驗的累積，才能讓台北市在既有基礎之下永續的發展，對於台北市政，我會用創新的思維、科技的手段、永續的精神，來執行我的市政願景。」

對於民進黨稱蔣萬安是「馬英九2.0」，蔣萬安強調「我就是我，我就是蔣萬安」。對於未來的兩岸論述、以及對雙城論壇看法，蔣萬安表示，回到堅持中華民國主權，認清分治事實，才是兩岸交流共同的基礎。

蔣萬安表示：「雙城論壇的舉辦前提，就是中共不再擾台，對台灣釋出善意，雙方地位對等才有舉辦的意義，我們就是回到堅持中華民國的主權，認清分治的事實。我想這個做為與對岸交流共同的基礎是非常重要，我想這個是目前台灣最大的公約數。」

相較北市參選人底定，藍營下屆苗栗縣長選舉，卻出現提名之亂。地方盛傳部分藍營要角開始整合，連署支持前水利會長謝福弘參選，近日卻傳出前縣長劉政鴻有意回鍋參選，並將在27日、28日進行電話民調，但黨中央回應並未委託民調機構做選舉民調。

國民黨文傳會主委王育敏表示：「就我了解，目前黨中央並沒有針對苗栗的部分有在做民調，所以我想這個純粹是可能個人的部分在談論這樣的議題。」

而布局已久的苗栗縣議會議長鍾東錦，則在臉書發文批評黨中央懸而不決的提名制度，會導致地方黨內同志裂痕不斷加深。