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ko wen-je, the chairman of the people's party who was involved in the jinghuacheng scandal, was first released without bail in the early morning of the 1st. after that, the prosecutor successfully appealed and ko was detained and denied access to visitors on the 5th. faced with a leaderless situation, the people's party set up a central emergency response team, expanded the decision-making circle, and did not nominate an acting chairman of the people's party, fully supporting and defending ko wen-je's innocence. according to public opinion on the island, ko wen-je once revealed that if he "went in" again, he would give an explanation to the people's party.

since ko wen-je was detained, the people's party has not discussed the issue of acting as the party chairman. huang kuo-chang, co-convener of the people's party central emergency response team, emphasized on the 6th that there is no issue of acting as the party chairman for the time being. the party affairs committee is in charge of secretary-general zhou yuxiu, and the emergency response team is also continuing to operate.

people's party members said that the reason was very simple. ko wen-je asked for leave, not resigned. if an acting chairman of the people's party was elected at this time, the outside world would probably interpret it as cutting off ko wen-je, triggering dissatisfaction among the "little grass" (young supporters of the people's party) and setting off another wave of storms for the people's party. the top priority now is to stabilize the morale of the troops, and it is not appropriate to rashly appoint an acting chairman of the people's party. this is also the reason why the emergency response team has repeatedly emphasized to the outside world that there is no issue of an acting chairman of the people's party.

as for when the issue of acting people's party chairmanship might be discussed, people within the people's party believe that the worst-case scenario is that if ko wen-je is prosecuted, not only will acting as chairman of the people's party become an issue that cannot be avoided, but whether the people's party central evaluation committee will punish ko wen-je will also become a headache. once ko wen-je is suspended or removed from the party, the position of chairman of the people's party will inevitably have to be handed over, but it is too early to discuss who will take over.

however, it is understood that when ko wen-je was released without bail a few days ago, he told the people's party that if he went to jail again, he would give an "explanation". some people in the people's party interpreted ko wen-je's statement as that he might have the opportunity to resign as the chairman of the people's party when he met with his lawyer next time, hoping to stop the bleeding for the people's party. the bigwigs of the people's party said that ko wen-je was obviously being politically prosecuted, and everything would be discussed after he came out.

tsai bi-ru, an advisor to the taichung city government and a former member of the people's party who is considered a popular candidate for acting chairman of the people's party, has repeatedly stressed that she has neither the intention nor the qualifications.

lin jingxian, taiwan correspondent of strait herald