eznews 0620

President Ma Ying-jeou yesterday announced Premier Wu Dun-yi as his running
mate for next January's presidential election.

Describing Wu as a trusted premier ... Ma said he consulted a number of
people on a possible running mate before choosing the premier.

Ma added that Wu has demonstrated exceptional leadership and administrative
capabilities that have helped improve government efficiency and the private
sector's competitiveness.

Wu will not step down as premier immediately, but -- according to Ma -- he
will consider such a move when it becomes necessary.


Premier  [ˋprimɪɚ]
demonstrated  [ˋdɛmən͵stret]
private sector  民間企業? => public sector 國營企業? 
competitiveness  [kəmˋpɛtətɪvnɪs]
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Meanwhile ...
The D-P-P's presidential candidate - Cai Ying-wen - is not revealing who she
plans to pick as her 2012 running mate.

Cai says she is in no hurry to choose a running mate, and the party will make
a public announcement when a decision is made.

There is continuing widespread speculation that D-P-P Secretary-General - Su
Jia-chuan - and former Premier Su Zhen-chang - are the two most favored
options.

However ... neither have stated their intentions to run.

Cai is slamming Premier Wu Dun-yi's decision not to leave office following
his nomination as the KMT's vice presidential candidate ... saying his
failure to do so will result in the Ma administration losing its neutrality.

revealing  [rɪˋvilɪŋ]
speculation  推測  [͵spɛkjəˋleʃən]
nomination  提名  [͵nɑməˋneʃən] 
slam  vt.  猛擊  [slæm]  
neutrality  [njuˋtrælətɪ]  

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0621
Premier Wu Dun-yi is defending his decision to remain in office ... despite
his being chosen as President Ma Ying-jeou's 2012 running mate.

According to Wu, he will not use government administrative resources for the
the K-M-T's presidential campaign[kæmˋpen].

The statement follows widespread criticism from the D-P-P of Wu's decision
not to step down.

Wu said the law does not forbid government officials from taking part in an
election while still holding their government positions .., and his candidacy
will not interfere with his current government position.
 
criticism  批評 [ˋkrɪtə͵sɪzəm]
candidacy  候選資格  [ˋkændɪdəsɪ]