Lai Pans KMT-TPP Joint Ticket Plan as 'Undemocratic'
DPP presidential candidate Lai Ching-te says the plan by the country's two main opposition parties to field a joint presidential ticket against him is undemocratic and doesn't reflect mainstream opinion.
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00:00 DPP presidential candidate Lai Ching-de has criticized plans by the opposition to field
00:06 a joint ticket against him.
00:08 Lai says the Kuomintang and TPP's decision to team up to win January's vote is undemocratic.
00:16 I want to emphasize that whether it's blue or white,
00:19 the candidates who are nominated are not the mainstream in Taiwan's public opinion.
00:25 They can't protect the country's security,
00:29 and they can't propose a complete national policy.
00:33 Lai said neither the KMT's Hou You-yi nor the TPP's Ko Woon-ja
00:38 has what it takes to lead the country, and he is confident in winning the election.
00:43 Lai also responded to China's remarks about him possibly choosing
00:47 Taiwan's representative to the U.S., Xiao Bikim, as his running mate.
00:51 Beijing called Lai and Xiao a pair of separatists.
00:55 Lai says this shows he and his team are the only ones capable of safeguarding Taiwan.
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