Parties offer contrasting views on oil scandal rally

A LEG UP? Livelihood issues could attract voters who do not pay much attention to politics, which might bolster the KMT’s position in certain areas, party officials said By Chen Yun, Lin Hsin-han and William Hetherington / Staff reporters, with staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source The ruling and opposition parties yesterday offered contrasting assessments of Saturday’s rally over the tainted cooking oil scandal, with both sides seeking to define its significance ahead of the local elections in November.The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) held a rally on Ketagalan Boulevard over the scandal, claiming that more than 200,000 people attended.Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) officials said Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) used the rally to strengthen his position as the KMT’s leading figur