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New Party
 In August 1993, shortly before the KMT's 14th National Congress, a group of dissatisfied KMT members, including six Legislative Yuan members and one former lawmaker, broke away from the KMT to establish the New Party (NP). Such prominent individuals as the former Finance Minister Wang Chien-shien 王建煊
and former head of the Environmental Protection Administration Jaw Shau-kong 趙少康 were among the founders of the NP, which adopted an anti-corruption and social justice platform. The goal of the NP was to attract voters who were dissatisfied with the performance of the KMT and opposed to the DPP's advocacy of Taiwan independence.
The New Party differs from the KMT and the DPP in organizational structure, stressing the leadership of those holding public office. At the head of the party is the National Council 全國委員會, and its current chairman is Yok Mu-ming 郁慕明.
In support of the proposed merger of the Pan-Blue parties, seven of NP's eight candidates for the 2004 Legislative Yuan election are running in the name of KMT.
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