Jonathan T L.
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"Excerpt, Kathrin Hille, Financial Times:
//Taipei: A deal by Taiwan's two leading opposition candidates to join forces to unseat the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) has run aground after just three days, with both camps saying they should head the ticket.
The Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan's largest opposition party, and the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) failed to agree overnight on talks over a formula to determine whether the KMT's Hou Yu-Ih or TPP fonder Ko Wen-Je is the stronger candidate to head the campaign. A decision must be made before next Friday's presidential election registration deadline.
If the cooperation attempt fails, the most likely outcome would be a victory for DPP's Lai Ching-Te, raising the possibility of greater Chinese aggression against the country.
The two candidates announced an agreement to run a joint ticket on Wednesday. But on Saturday, the KMT and TPP presented two different versions of the survey calculation by a panel of experts to collate opinion pools determining which candidate would likely to win.
The two sides are now arguing over how to define the margin of error, which polls to include, and whether to measure the two potential combinations against each other or their respective strength in comparison with Lai-led tickets//
We must wonder if the KMT's and TPP's planned 'alliance' is primarily in the Taiwanese's interest. Or, more sinisterly, if it is a blatant attempt by a third party to interfere in the election to undermine Taiwanese #democracy."
#geopolitics