“I’m quite open-minded. I told myself that last year I would set no ceiling for myself, and I didn’t expect I’d actually be raised up this far,” Lai told reporters.
“After meeting chairman Gou two or three times, I was very sure he’s someone I could cooperate with. Because he’s fascinating,” she added. “I told him, ‘We’re going to have fun.'”
Gou has been trying to unite the anti-DPP vote but has so far not managed to reach an agreement with either the main opposition party, the Kuomintang, nor the small Taiwan People’s Party on how that might work.
The other parties have yet to announce running mates for their presidential candidates.
Gou must gather close to 300,000 voter signatures by Nov 2 to qualify as an independent candidate, according to election regulations, and needed to decide his running mate before he could collect signatures.
The Central Election Commission will review the signatures and announce the results by Nov 14.
Gou stepped down as Foxconn chief in 2019 and this month resigned as a company board member.
