KMT’s Cheng facing election, party woes

By Chen Yun, Lin Che-yuan and Fion Khan / Staff reporters, with staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun’s (鄭麗文) controversial cross-strait statements aim to cover up her inability to resolve divisions within the party ahead of the November elections and gain media exposure amid a lack of support from within the KMT, a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) figure said on condition of anonymity. Cheng in an interview broadcast online on Friday last week said Taiwan has never been independent and has never been a country.The Constitution of the Republic of China is a “one China” constitution, she said, citing the so-called “1992 consensus.” Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Cheng Li-wun speaks in an undated photograph. Photo: Taipe