Several Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) youth delegates yesterday said they had launched a signature campaign to demand KMT Legislator Lo Shu-lei’s (羅淑蕾) resignation because she had been openly critical of the party.
Yeh Yuan-chih (葉元之), one of the delegates, told a press conference at the legislature that Lo, a KMT legislator-at-large, should defend the party’s ideals and policies. Lo, however, had acted like a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator, constantly criticizing the KMT, Yeh said.
Yeh said Lo should have voiced her opinions to the party via the party’s internal framework rather than criticizing the KMT administration in the full glare of the media.
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Yeh said the campaign had garnered the support of more than 30 delegates, adding that he believed the proposal would pass the party’s threshold of 60 or more signatures before the KMT’s party congress next month.
This is not the first time Lo, a former member of the People First Party, has drawn ire from within the KMT.
In February, reports suggested that several party officials complained to KMT Chairman Wu Poh-hsiung (吳伯雄) because Lo had spoken out against the party. Wu confirmed that he had “communicated” with Lo regarding the matter.
On Wednesday last week, Lo told reporters she had received a threatening call on her mobile phone telling her to “watch out” because she had been criticizing government policies.
Lo said she suspected the caller was a government staffer since the caller had access to her number, but she did not have evidence to prove that.
When asked for comment yesterday, Lo said she would continue to voice her opinion, even if it was critical of the government.
Lo suggested that the delegates were targeting her because she was a woman, noting that KMT Legislator Chiu Yi (邱毅) had been equally critical of the government.
“Why don’t they ask him to resign?” Lo said.
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