Three out of every 10 people oppose Ma being KMT chair

30.28 percent of respondents told Apple Daily interviewers Ma shouldn't try to replace Wu Poh-hsiung, the mass-circulation paper said yesterday.

Wu is the outgoing chairman of the ruling party.

Pollsters did not ask the question of whether Ma should or shouldn't take back the job he quit on February 13, 2006 when he was indicted for corruption in a case charging him with misusing expense accounts while mayor of Taipei from 1998 to 2006.

Altogether, 393 respondents were asked what are the most urgent tasks facing Ma if he is elected chairman of the party on July 26.

The most urgent task, according to the survey conducted on Wednesday, is to clear the Kuomintang of “political garbage.” A total of 19.34 percent of the respondents gave that answer. They hope the Kuomintang can become a “clean” party.

The second most urgent task, according to 13.99 percent of respondents, is Ma's returning the Kuomintang's ill-gotten assets to the national treasury, followed by meeting with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao at 10.18 percent, and nominating candidates for 21 mayoral and county magistrate races across the nation at 7.89 percent.

Hu is president of the People's Republic, who doubles as general-secretary of the Chinese Communist Party.

Eligible voters are scheduled to go to the polls in December to vote in the 21 mayoral and magistrate elections.

However, 13.74 percent of those polled answered they do not know what urgent tasks Ma will be facing after he is sworn in as Kuomintang chairman on September 12.

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