In Taiwan, victory for William Lai, the orphan who grew to become president | EUROtoday

VSt is in the end a triumph for the ruling get together in Taiwan. Lai Ching-te, discreet vice-president of Tsai Ing-wen, received the presidential election on January 13, 2024, with greater than 40% of the votes, and practically 7 factors forward of the runner-up, Hou Yu-ih , the candidate of the Kuomintang, the Chinese Nationalist Party exiled from the mainland in 1949, and who based the present establishments of the “Republic of China”, the official identify of the state in Taiwan. In entrance of the winner’s headquarters, tens of 1000’s of supporters gathered for his victory speech. “Taiwan has achieved a victory for the community of democracies,” he stated in a press convention. We will stay on the aspect of the democracies. […] Only the folks of Taiwan have the correct to decide on their very own president…