Front runner in Taiwan presidential race pledges steady hand as opposition rallies
TAIPEI – The front runner to be Taiwan’s next president pledged on Sunday to be a steady hand who would keep the peace with China, as his two opponents attended a thronged rally calling for domestic legal reforms and more action to combat high property prices.
The DPP conference coincided with a rally for legal reform and against high real estate prices organised in downtown Taipei in front of the presidential office by Internet celebrity Holger Chen and Mr Huang Kuo-chang, a former lawmaker for the New Power Party, a small opposition group. Mr Ko, to cheers from the several thousand strong crowd on a scorching hot day, said it was not a protest, despite the anger directed at the DPP by speakers and many in the crowd.
Mr Hou, running a distant third in the polls, was less well-received and got some boos when he spoke.
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