Three former Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Central Standing Committee members yesterday appealed a party decision to suspend their party membership rights for election bribery, while some suspended members had friends register for the CSC by-election.
Former KMT legislator Lee Chuan-chiao (李全教) protested the party’s suspension of his rights for three months over bribery allegations, insisting that he should still be considered a CSC member because he never agreed to resign.
“I feel wronged by the disciplinary action against me because I never sent gifts to party delegates. Those gifts were sent by my supporters,” he said.
Another two members whose rights were suspended, Yao Chiang-lin (姚江臨) and Lai Diao-tsan (賴調燦), also appealed the decision, saying they were innocent.
They were among 12 members whose rights were suspended by the KMT Evaluation and Disciplinary Committee for vote-buying in the CSC election on Oct. 11.
Lai and another suspended member, Hua Jen (華真), ignored the disciplinary action and registered for the by-election, but the disciplinary committee rejected their applications yesterday.
The disciplinary committee approved 73 members to run in the by-election on Nov. 14.
Yao, KMT Legislator Chen Chieh (陳杰) and Core Pacific Group (威京集團) chairman Shen Ching-ching (沈慶京) asked family members or friends to run for them in the by-election.
Members of the so-called “Ma troop,” including six KMT Taipei City councilors and Deputy Taipei Mayor Lee Yong-ping (李永萍), also registered for the by-election.
Meanwhile, KMT spokesman Lee Chien-jung (李建榮) said KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) would meet the candidates tonight and address the issue of eliminating election bribery to reform the party.
The party will elect 32 CSC members in the by-election on Nov. 14, who will take office on Nov. 18.
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