TPP’s Ko criticizes KMT, putting a question mark over opposition party cooperation
TPP’s Ko criticizes KMT, putting a question mark over opposition party cooperation
2023-11-17
It’s just been three days since the opposition TPP and KMT said they would cooperate on a historic joint presidential ticket, but already, cracks are beginning to show. On Thursday, the TPP’s presidential candidate Ko Wen-je complained about the KMT in an interview. Ko expressed worries that the KMT might rig the polls that will be used to select a presidential candidate. He also alleged the KMT told him the winning presidential candidate needed to have NT$2 billion on hand and said ironically that even the KMT’s party list of legislators were being auctioned off. KMT politicians hit back, denying the allegation and saying that Ko had misunderstood them.
Ko Wen-je
TPP presidential candidate
He said it will be polls conducted between Nov.7 and Nov. 17. I want to say that I’ve been watching things for so long and there have been no polls. We’ll soon know whether someone has been cheating, as everything will come out in the wash tomorrow.
It’s down to the final poll race between the TPP’s Ko Wen-je and the KMT’s Hou Yu-ih. Ko now says that he expects the KMT to cheat him. In a recent interview, he had said that if he were to end up as vice president, he’d accept the role to monitor Hou closely. But now, he doesn’t seem happy with the method used to decide the roles. Former lawmaker Huang Kuo-chang explains why.
Huang Kuo-chang
Former lawmaker
As soon as you all reached an agreement, I discovered that almost all the polling companies in Taiwan were booked out.
Ko now says he will not accept the results of the opinion polls if they are not fair. But that wasn’t Ko’s only criticism of the KMT. He said he was dumbfounded when negotiations began and he discovered that the KMT was auctioning off its posts on the party list.
Ko Wen-je
TPP presidential candidate
The KMT’s attitude was like “If you want to run for president, you need to have NT$2 billion, actually, you better have NT$10 billion.”
Wang Jin-pyng
Former legislative speaker
That’s never been the case. Just ask Ko and you’ll know. He definitely was not put under any pressure. No one put pressure on him.
Lee De-wei
KMT lawmaker
Whether it’s in the past or now, Ko has an outlook that’s based on many past misconceptions. I think that this cooperation between the TPP and KMT, will get him to understand us better.
Though Ko had agreed to cooperate with the KMT, he’s now full of complaints, much to the chagrin of KMT lawmakers and surprise of observers. Amid speculation that Ko may do a volte face, he is now the biggest uncertainty in the alliance between the TPP and KMT.
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爆與國黨合作"要準備20億" 柯諷藍不分區是標價的
2023-11-17
民眾黨總統參選人柯文哲，昨天晚間接受網紅陳之漢直播訪談，針對藍白合吐苦水，先是擔心民調對方出老千，又自爆當初談判時國民黨稱選正的要準備20億門票，最後嘲諷藍營連不分區都是標價的，國民黨立委否認並反擊柯文哲，不管過去或現在還是有很多積非成是的想法。
[[民眾黨總統參選人 柯文哲]]
“他說民調11/7到11/17，我想說我已經看這麼久了也沒什麼民調，我想說會不會人家出老千，全部在明天灌進去”
進到最後民調比拚，柯文哲抱怨怕對方耍詐，但明明自己選擇退讓，日前接受專訪還說如果當副手會監督侯友宜，如今上直播卻大吐苦水，連黃國昌也幫腔。
[[前立委 黃國昌]]
“你們一達成協議以後，我赫然發現說，大概全台灣民調公司的線，早就被預約滿了”
直言有不公，就不認民調，柯文哲對國民黨的不以為然，可不只如此，提到當初要談判時對方態度讓他傻眼，更調侃藍營不分區都是標價的。
[[民眾黨總統參選人 柯文哲]]
“國民黨要跟我談合作那個態度，喔你要選正的喔，你要準備20億這是門票喔，準備100億是比較差不多”
[[前立法院長 王金平]]
“那是沒有這回事的，你問柯市長就知道。那絕對不是受到什麼壓迫，也沒人去壓迫他”
[[立委(國) 李德維]]
“柯文哲主席過去或者現在，還是有很多過去積非成是的一種想法，我倒覺得藉由這藍白合狀況，他可以來更多認識我們”
柯文哲這回自願合作，卻又滿腹牢騷，看在國民黨立委眼裡恐怕不是滋味，也讓外界一頭霧水，就怕關鍵時刻再轉彎，為藍白合添變數。
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