The Central Election Commission disqualified three legislative candidates yesterday, leaving another 581 hopefuls for the Dec. 1 elections.
Hsiao Teng-piao (
But those dreams were dashed after the High Court last month finalized an earlier ruling that found him guilty of bribery and using his position to obtain bank loans.
As a result of the ruling, Hsiao is ineligible for public office.
The High Court said Hsiao had used his position as council speaker to secure loans from a farmers' association. He otherwise would have had insufficient collateral to make him eligible to obtain the loans.
In addition, the court found him guilty of using bribes to influence the outcome of an election at another farmers' association.
Instead of service in the legislature, Hsiao will be serving two years and 10 months in prison.
Independent candidate Hsiao Ching-tien (蕭景田) was disqualified because the candidate had registered to run for Changhua County commissioner as well as legislator.
Under the Public Officials Election and Recall Law, double registrations are not allowed.
New Party candidate Mikankan-Folike (米甘幹佛理克), who had registered as an Aboriginal candidate, was refused because of his former status as a citizen of China.
The candidate was born in China and hasn't held ROC citizenship for more than 10 years, making him ineligible to run.
Meanwhile, the Central Election Commission yesterday said that Wang Chien-shien, the New Party's candidate for the Taipei County commissioner seat, can only represent one party in the election.
Wang says the New Party, the PFP and the KMT have jointly nominated him for the commissioner's post.
Because of the commission's stance, Wang has decided to leave his party affiliation blank in his election papers.
But the commission says the New Party would need to agree to the move first.
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