TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — With only one day left to collect signatures for a presidential bid, former Vice President Annette Lu (呂秀蓮) on Friday (November 1) called on President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) to give clear answers to questions about five scandals.

November 2 is the deadline for candidates not nominated by one of four major parties to collect 280,384 endorsements from the public in order to be included on the ballot in the January 11, 2020 presidential election. Lu said recently that she had no idea whether her campaign would collect a sufficient number of signatures.

At a news conference with her vice-presidential running mate Peng Pai-hsien (彭百顯) on Friday, she asked the president to explain how she could be counted on to resolve five scandals surrounding government officials.

In the case of cigarette smuggling by national security officials, Lu noted how senior officials involved in the incident had been able to avoid responsibility while only minor ones unrelated to the case were disciplined, the China Times reported.

In a scandal related to state-run Mega Financial Holdings, key documents were suddenly been declared sealed until 2026, the former vice president said.

Commenting on the Ching Fu minesweeping scandal, Lu proclaimed that all public money spent on military procurement should be transparent. She said she wondered whether President Tsai would dare say that no corruption was involved at all.

Lu also mentioned the Taiwan Capital scandal and the suicide of a Taiwanese diplomat in Osaka following accusations that he had not done enough to assist Taiwanese affected by disasters in Japan. The former vice president demanded to know who had ordered disciplinary measures against the diplomat and even asked for information from members of the public, China Times reported.