Taiwan’s opposition parties fail to announce joint presidential candidate ahead of January 2024 election

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Taiwan’s two main opposition parties, which launched a joint presidential bid last month, have failed to agree on a candidate for president, once again throwing into doubt their ability to unseat the ruling party in January’s election. On Saturday, the Nationalist Party and the Taiwan People’s Party were expected to announce a joint presidential candidate for the January 2024 elections. Instead, the parties announced they needed further consultations after a disagreement over how to use polling data to make the selection. With the candidates for both parties trailing in the polls, they had agreed three days ago to form a...