KMT problems--vote buying

Taipei Times - archives: "Every KMT election, from the central committee to the central standing committee, has resulted in accusations of vote-buying. In the past, the party always said that all such allegations would be thoroughly investigated and always found that no irregularities had been detected.

The latest elections were business as usual: campaigning, handshakes and small gifts, including everything from soy sauce, salted fish and red wine to deep cleansing face masks and orchids. Strictly speaking, these gifts have limited value compared with the expensive foreign spirits and gold pens of the party-government era, but it was educational to hear candidates pay lip service to President Ma Ying-jeou’s (馬英九) call for ethical reform while giving gifts and soliciting votes behind his back."

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