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the chairman of the people's party, ko wen-je, has been embroiled in controversy over political donation accounts recently. after several days of internal investigation, the people's party held a clarification press conference at 3 pm today (29th). ko wen-je personally stepped forward to publicly clarify doubts to the outside world and bowed to apologize, saying that because of various mistakes, he has considered asking for a three-month leave from the people's party and voluntarily applying for an investigation by the central evaluation committee. on the internet, "xiaocao" (supporters of the people's party) launched a "show up to support" event to support ko wen-je. zhou xuan, a political worker on the island, also posted a screenshot of a "xiaocao" group conversation with more than 1,700 people on the social platform, saying, "abei (referring to ko wen-je) did not lose! 'xiaocao' is mobilizing to protect abei!"

after the news broke yesterday that ko wen-je was planning to take a leave of absence or resign as the chairman of the people's party, former people's party legislator chen wan-hui revealed that the grassroots cadres' positions were quite one-sided, and they all persuaded ko wen-je to quit, hoping that he would not take a leave of absence. ko wen-je held a press conference this afternoon with then-ccp general secretary huang shanshan, then-ccp deputy general secretary chen zhihan, and people's party secretary-general zhou yuxiu. when he arrived at the press conference, supporters shouted "come on!" to cheer him up.

at the end of the press conference, ko wen-je led all the party officials to the stage and bowed to the supporters. wu yi-xuan, spokesperson for the people's party, said that during this period, the frontline supporters must have been under great doubt, suspicion, reluctance, doubt, and anxiety, and even thought that the "third force" on the island had suffered such a great blow that the flame would be extinguished forever. "but i still want to tell you that we are still here, but we may have made mistakes on the road to growth. maybe we need to make further improvements. we also want to express our deepest respects to the supporters of the people's party, and we will continue to work hard."

zhou xuan also posted a screenshot of a "xiao cao" group chat with more than 1,700 people online. a supporter shared an interview notice for ko wen-je's press conference, calling on supporters to prepare banners to show their support, and also reminded them not to wear vests or campaign clothing. a supporter responded, "be careful when you are there. i think some people will make trouble. don't get into conflict with them. pay attention to your own safety!" zhou xuan also laughed and said, "abei didn't lose! 'xiao cao' mobilized to protect abei!"(lin jingxian, strait herald reporter in taiwan)