The founder of the largest electronics manufacturer, Terry Gou, has submitted an independent candidacy for Taiwan’s presidency. The billionaire still needs to collect 290,000 signatures.
Foxconn founder Terry Gou has announced his official candidacy for Taiwan’s presidential election, scheduled for January next year, as an independent.
“I decided to participate in the 2024 presidential elections and present my candidacy,” said the billionaire at a press conference.
Earlier in the year, Gou had stated that he was seeking to be named as Kuomintang presidential candidate (KMT), Taiwan’s main opposition party.
But the KMT preferred a former police chief and current New Taipei City mayor, Hou Yu-ih, despite poor results in recent weeks.
However, the Foxconn boss, who candidate as an independenthe still needs to collect 290,000 signatures to be eligible.
In recent months, Gou, who has long declared presidential ambitions, has organized several events in Taiwan that have resembled election campaigns.
Foxconn, also known by its official name of Hon Hai Precision Industry, is the The largest electronics manufacturer in the world. and assembles devices for many companies, including Apple.
Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te, a member of Taiwan’s current leader Tsai Ing-wen’s Democratic Progressive Party, is the current favourite.
Beijing considers Taiwan part of its territory and threatens to reunification by forcein case the island formally declares its independence.
China and Taiwan have lived as two autonomous territories since 1949, when the former Chinese nationalist government took refuge on the island after the defeat in the civil war against the communists.
Source: Observadora
