Disappointed by the country’s two major political parties — the Democratic Progressive Party and the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) — a group of social activists decided to endorse their own legislative candidates that represent the disadvantaged in society.
In a news conference held in Taipei yesterday, the People’s Democratic Front and the Raged Citizens Act Now (RCAN) jointly endorsed four legislative candidates to represent the disadvantaged, as they are “fed up with mainstream politics and the two major political parties,” PDF spokeswoman Wang Fang-ping (王芳萍) said.
The four candidates are Huang Hsiao-ling (黃小陵), a unionist, running in Keelung; Lorna Kung (龔尤倩), a long-time immigrant and foreign laborer rights advocate for the New Taipei City (新北市) electoral district covering Sanchong (三重), Lujhou (蘆洲) and Wugu (五股) districts; Hsia Ling-ching (夏林清), who has been an activist against nuclear power, for tax reform and for decriminalizing the sex industry, is set to run in Shilin (士林) and Datong (大同) districts in Taipei City; and Chou Chih-wen (周志文), an advocate for the rights of people with disabilities who is also physically challenged, is scheduled to run in Zhongzheng (中正) and Wanhua (萬華) districts in Taipei City.
The groups seek to endorse candidates who truly represent the voices of those in need and to make democracy a system that works for the people, not only a game for certain political elites, RCAN spokesman Ko Yi-min (柯逸民) said.
Aftershocks from a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that struck off Yilan County at 3:45pm yesterday could reach a magnitude of 5 to 5.5, the Central Weather Administration (CWA) said. Seismological Center technical officer Chiu Chun-ta (邱俊達) told a news conference that the epicenter of the temblor was more than 100km from Taiwan. Although predicted to measure between magnitude 5 and 5.5, the aftershocks would reach an intensity of 1 on Taiwan’s 7-tier scale, which gauges the actual effect of an earthquake, he said. The earthquake lasted longer in Taipei because the city is in a basin, he said. The quake’s epicenter was about 128.9km east-southeast
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