Taiwan, slap in the face to China. Tsai wins the presidential elections: we will Not yield to threats

the BEIJING The outgoing president of taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen , has been re-elected for a second term, with a strong support to reward his firm position against China. Defeated Han Kuo-yu , of the nationalist Party, which has accepted the defeat and called Tsai to congratulate me, and James Soong , the small Party before the people. The island has chosen "freedom and democracy" and rejected the hypothesis of the model 'one Country, two systems' proposed by Xi to replicate the semi-autonomy granted to Hong Kong and Macao.

Tsai has won with record numbers, according to the final results: he got 8,17 million votes (57,13% of the total), a number never reached in previous rounds of voting in the presidential. The nationalist Ma Ying-jeou had 7,65 million votes in 2008.

The most fierce rival Tsai, the nationalist Han Kuo-yu, stopped to 5.52 million votes (38,61%) and James Soong, the third candidate, a 608.590 (4,25%). The attendance has risen to 74% (from 66,38% in 2016) on the 19.3 million of registered voters.
role , As to the result of the policies, the democratic progressive Party (Dpp) Tsai is credited to the account of 61-62 seats (from 68 2016), sufficient to keep the majority of the 113 seats that make up the parliament (Legislative Yuan). The nationalists of the Kmt should climb up to the altitude of 39 (from 34 2016). The minor parties should be a maximum total of 15 seats. After the defeat of the candidate of his Party at the presidential elections of today, Han Kuo-yu, the chairman of the Kuomintang, the Nationalist Party of Taiwan, Wu Den-yih resigned from the post. the Tsai: "China to abandon threats" Tsai Ing-wen, has experienced the presidential elections that were held on the island as a referendum on relations with Beijing. "China needs to abandon the threat of use of force against Taiwan," he said during a press conference in Taipei, in the evening. "The democratic Taiwan and our democratically elected government will not yield to threats and intimidation". To decide the outcome of the vote was the opposition of the outgoing president, against Beijing, which considers Taiwan a rebellious province back under its control, if necessary by force. The communist leaders, since the arrival to power of Tsai in 2016 have taken a harsh approach against her, angry for her refusal to affirm that Taiwan and the mainland belong to 'one China'. the Beijing: "No to any form of independence" policy "towards Taiwan is clear and consistent: we adhere to the peaceful unification and the model 'one Country, two systems', while protecting with the strength of the national sovereignty and territorial integrity," he said Ma Xiaoguang , spokesman of the Office of the Affairs on Taiwan, the Beijing government, in a note that it is the first official reaction to the confirmation of Tsai Ing-wen to run for the presidency of Taipei. China, he added, But is opposed to "resolutely to any scheme or act of independence." the Usa, Pompeo: "Tsai maintains stability" The Us secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, has congratulated the president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen re-elected to the summit of the island, and praised the "strong partnership with the United States" and the commitment "to maintain stability in the Straits in the face of a relentless pressure". He himself has said Pompeo, in a statement which is not referred to China directly, but that might trigger the reaction been to Beijing.

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