The KMT had no choice but to nominate her for president at its national congress on July 19 after going through the process of party primaries. [Emphasis added]
Next time: measure twice, cut once.
What readers no doubt WILL remember are the numerous times the KMT has lauded its own brand of paternalism over the rule of the common man — deriding democracy as mere populism…or even "mobocracy".
But the spectacle of the KMT nominating Hung and then stripping her of the nomination nicely illustrates this:
While the KMT wishes to govern others, it is incapable of governing even itself.