Secretary-general of DPP Wu Nai-jen bent on quitting

Wu tendered his resignation Tuesday just days after the main opposition party's strong showing in last Saturday's local elections. He said he had accomplished the mission he had been given — to help the party run the Dec. 5 local election campaign — and it is now time to pass the torch on to the younger generations.

Wu yesterday attended what he said was his last meeting of the DPP's Central Standing Committee. DPP spokesman Tsai Chi-chang said it was Wu's last day at work, and he had already packed his things.

But the party chairwoman, Tsai Ing-wen, has not yet approved the resignation, the spokesman said, adding Deputy Secretary General Hung Yao-fu will fill in during Wu's absence. The party chief later confirmed that she had not yet approved Wu's resignation, as she and Wu were on their way out of the DPP headquarters after the meeting.

But Wu illustrated his determination to quit by jokingly citing DPP regulations as stipulating dismissal for party members who fail to show up for work. Tsai was embarrassed by the joke, witnesses said.

The party spokesman said he might also be quitting, but the party chief reportedly was trying to ask to stay on. He accepted the job when the DPP needed a spokesman for the election campaign. Now that the elections are over, he said he wants to return to Taichung to work for the local community.

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