TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan's legislature has elected a new speaker from the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party following its landslide victory in elections last month.
Su Jia-chyuan on Monday became the first DPP speaker of the 113-seat body after the party trounced the ruling Nationalists in the polls, winning its first parliamentary majority.
DPP presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen also won a massive victory over her Nationalist rival and a third party candidate. She takes office in May when current Nationalist President Ma Ying-jeou steps down.
Su is a former interior minister and close Tsai ally.
The DPP rode a wave of discontent with the slowing economy and stagnant wages, along with Ma's China-friendly policies that many say benefit a small class of elites while threatening the economic future of the younger generation.
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