The ruler’s candidate (PDP), won the presidential elections of with 40.2% of the votes, according to the latest data released by the Central Electoral Commission (CEC).

With 96% of the tables counted, Lai easily surpasses the opposition candidates of the Kuomintang (KMT), Hou Yu-ih (33.4%), and Taiwan People’s Party (PPT), Ko Wen-je (26.3%), who appeared publicly to acknowledge their defeat.

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This result marks an unprecedented triumph in the democratic history of Taiwanwhich will see for the first time the same party presiding over the island for three consecutive terms.

However, the outcome is still unclear. Legislative Yuan (Parliament), where the current trend suggests that none of the three main parties will win a majority on their own.

The choice of Lai, who defined himself as a “pragmatic Taiwan independence worker” in the past, predicts a worsening of relations with Chinawhich considers the island a rebellious province.

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Throughout the campaign, the next president promised to continue the policies of the current president, Tsai Ing-wento maintain peace in the Strait of Formosa: increase military capabilities, strengthen economic independence, strengthen ties with the world’s leading democracies and build principled leadership.

Along these lines, Lai does not consider it necessary to formally declare the independence of Taiwan, arguing that the island already functions, de facto, as an independent country under the name of the Republic of China.

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