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...NationAfter decades as Taiwan's undisputed ruler, the KMT is now struggling to define itself. It has jeopardized its image in the weeks following the March 20 presidential election by engaging in a divisive campaign to overturn the election result, which saw Lien lose by just 29,518 votes out of nearly 13 million. Last week, the face-off between the KMT and Chen's government remained at an angry impasse. The KMT and its chief "Pan-Blue" alliance partner, the People First Party (PFP), have petitioned the courts for a recount and squabbled with Chen and his Democratic Progressive...
...days after losing Taiwan's presidential election, defeated candidate Lien Chan convened leaders of his Kuomintang (KMT) party to figure out what had gone wrong. He demanded details about the assassination attempt that won a sympathy vote for incumbent Chen Shui-bian and called for an analysis of the party's options for requesting a recount. But most of all, he wanted to know why one of Taiwan's poorest counties, which had never failed to vote KMT, had turned against the party. The defectors of Yunlin helped Chen to his paper-thin victory margin and "stripped me of everything...
...That leaves Lien, 67, gambling that he can harness voter outrage at what he considers an unfair election in order to breathe new life into the KMT. Yet parlaying indignation into political gains will be tough. He must quickly reconcile his party with the island's fast-growing sense of a Taiwanese (as opposed to Chinese) identity, and overcome deep factional divides. Failure will probably cost Pan-Blue its majority in the legislature during elections this December?its last toehold on power. Success will require winning a tough two-front war. On one side are Taiwanese voters, like those...
...before. Three times in the past 15 years, KMT leaders have split to form their own parties. One renegade, mainland-born James Soong, now leads the PFP. A fiery speaker, Soong carried with him many of the KMT's mainland-born legislators. Since making an uneasy peace with Lien and running as his vice-presidential candidate, Soong has turned the postelection fracas to his advantage. KMT insiders insist he pressured Lien to dispute the election results on the night of March 20, and Soong's followers dominated the stage in massive demonstrations that followed. Protests that began as a show...
...Close Call TAIWAN Hundreds of thousands of people in Taipei protested the presidential election, which incumbent Chen Shui-bian won by a margin of just 0.2%. Chen's opponent, Kuomintang (KMT) leader Lien Chan, claimed that the poll had been marred by vote rigging and the shooting attack on Chen the day before the vote. Chen agreed in principle to KMT demands for a recount, but rejected Lien's call for a new election...