President Chen Shui-bian (
According to Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Secretary-General Chang Chun-hsiung (
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A computer chose at random the judges who will hear the case, said Taiwan High Court spokesman Wen Yau-yuan (
"The case was assigned to our No. 10 election court, which will be hosted by Presiding Judge Wu Ching-yuan (吳景源)," Wen said.
As of press time last night, Wu and the other judges who will hear the case -- Cheng Chun-hui (
According to the Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Law (總統副總統選舉罷免法), in addition to the agreement from the president and the vice president, the High Court requires agreement from the Central Election Commission (CEC) and its local branch offices to begin to recount since Chen, Lu, the CEC and its branch offices were listed as defendants.
Once all the agreements have been collected, judges can skip hearings and begin a recount.
Meanwhile, Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) spokesman Justin Chou (
The blue camp had not refiled the second suit as of press time yesterday.
Chang said the pan-blue camp would have to pay the legal costs for the suit since KMT Chairman Lien Chan (
Wen said that judges will decide who will pay, but the KMT-PFP alliance said the Taiwan High Court should foot the bill.
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