KMT Invites TPP to More Talks on Joint Ticket
Taiwan’s main opposition party, the Kuomintang, has invited the Taiwan People’s Party to hold further discussion this week about the possibility of joining forces in January's presidential election.
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00:00 Turning now to local politics, the main opposition Kuomintang has invited the Taiwan's People's
00:05 Party to discuss a possible joint campaign in a meeting later this week.
00:09 The KMT and TPP are in talks to join forces against the incumbent Democratic Progressive
00:14 Party.
00:15 The DPP's candidate, Lai Ching-de, is currently leading in the polls.
00:18 Over the weekend, representatives for candidates Hou You-yi of the KMT and Kouen-tse of the
00:22 TPP met to discuss terms for establishing a joint ticket, though they couldn't reach
00:27 consensus.
00:28 The KMT camp says it remains hopeful that the parties can reach a compromise.