TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an (蔣萬安) said on Friday (May 10) that he does not plan to attend the presidential inauguration of Lai Ching-te (賴清德), an event scheduled for May 20. 

In what is likely to be seen as a deliberate snub to the incoming Lai administration, Chiang, a member of the opposition Kuomintang, said that he has mayoral matters to attend to that day. Chiang made the remarks at Taipei City Hall when asked by Taipei City Councilor Chin Hui-Chu (秦慧珠) if he had received an invite to the inauguration, reported UDN. 

Chiang was giving updates on several development projects in the city when Chin asked about the inauguration ceremony. Mayor Chiang said that he did receive an invite, but he had other obligations that day.  

The ceremony to inaugurate President Lai and Vice-President Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴) will be held on a Monday at the Presidential Office Building in Taipei.