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Ma elected KMT new leader; Hu congratulates him
Hu Jintao, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central
Committee, on Sunday extended congratulations to Ma Ying-jeou, who was elected
new chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party in Taiwan.
Ma, 55, comfortably overcame "legislative speaker" Wang Jyn-pyng, 64, to take over as head of the KMT from retiring Chairman Lien Chan. Wang conceded defeat about 3 1/2 hours after the polls closed. "Ma Ying-jeou won the leadership election," he said. "I have expressed my congratulations." With more than 50 percent of the votes counted, Ma had an insurmountable 40 point lead, according to the Nationalists' official tally. About 45 percent of the party's million members turned out for the vote, the first leadership election in its 110-year history. On the basis of party precedent, the Harvard-educated Ma will almost certainly lead the KMT in the 2008 "presidential election".
"President" Chen Shui-bian of the DPP is serving his second term and is
constitutionally barred from running again. Early favorites to succeed him
include "Premier" Frank Hsieh and DPP Chairman Su Tseng-chang.
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