The result of the presidential vote recount is already clear. A recount of ballots cast in the election started on Monday. More than 2,000 judges and court clerks, and more than 1,500 lawyers have been assigned to this taskforce.
Team members of the pan-blue camp have certainly assumed the responsibility for winning a lost presidential election. However, the game is over.
The teams taking part in the recount must contain at least two lawyers, representing both parties, a judge, a court clerk and two Central Election Commission employees. Whenever a controversial ballot is discovered, it will be presented to the High Court for a final ruling. An unprecedented event in Taiwan's political history, the recount is part of the progressive and gradual evolution of democracy.
Although the result of this presidential vote recount will be a redundant, both the People First Party-Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) alliance and the Democratic Progressive Party need to respect the results of the recount. The legitimacy of the presidential election could face some uncertainty due to different opinions before the recount. Fair and public judgment through a transparent process could counter the uncertainty in this turbulent stage following the March 20 election.
This is the end of the dispute and contradictory issues and opinions. New collaboration and cooperation, coordinated movement and action could evolve and begin the new era of the democratic stage of Taiwan's history.
Liu Ching-Ming
Taipei
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