The KMT's Evaluation and Discipline Committee is set to meet today to expel 12 KMT members who have joined the Taiwan Solidarity Union.
Previous reports had said that there were a total of 19 KMT members joining the TSU. But after an investigation by the committee, officials yesterday said that the exact number is 12.
Of the seven others who were mistaken as KMT members, some had already lost their KMT membership automatically after not re-registering with the party last year and the others had completed the required formalities to quit the party, officials said.
According to KMT rules, members intending to quit the party must notify the party to cancel their membership. The cancellation will take effect only after the local divisions they belong to have completed the procedure.
Though some of the KMT mavericks publicly announced on Sunday that they were quitting the KMT, the process was considered insufficient.
The TSU, founded by former interior minister Huang Chu-wen (
In addition to the 19 KMT politicians, nine are from the DPP, two from the People First Party, one from the New Party, three from the New Nation Alliance, one from the Taiwan Independence Party and four are independents.
Former president and KMT chairman Lee Teng-hui (
KMT Chairman Lien Chan (連戰) yesterday would not specify if the KMT would take any disciplinary action against Lee, saying only that the party has certain rules which regulate the speeches and conduct of its members.
KMT spokesman Wang Chih-kang (
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