KMT’s presidential candidate Hung Hsiu-chu fails to get support from President Ma

KMT party headquarters appears set to remove Hung Hsiu-chu as the party’s presidential candidate. On Thursday, President Ma Ying-jeou said he supported whatever decision put forward by KMT headquarters. Ma’s comments have left Hung feeling very much alone. She was supposed to share the stage at an event with President Ma but Hung Hsiu-chu arrived late and could only manage a handshake with the departing president before stepping up to the Hsiu-chuKMT Presidential CandidateThe president just left and our distinguished guests are not here. All that’s left on the stage is my lonely shadow. She also addressed KMT Chairman Eric Chu’s concerns that her unification-leaning views are not in line with public opinion by citing past comments made by the president. Hung Hsiu-chuKMT Presidential CandidatePresident Ma has said publicly on TV that my views on cross-strait policy are almost the same as his. I felt very encouraged to get that recognition from President Ying-jeouPresidentAt this time, we hope