The ministries of justice and education hope that sending school children home with anti-vote-buying information will be an effective tool in stamping out the practice in the Dec. 1 elections.
The anti-vote-buying message could be spread quickly if children are made to understand the nature of the problem and educate their parents about the matter, Vice Minister of Justice Hsieh Wen-ting (
The Ministry of Justice printed 3.5 million "contracts" to promote the government's anti-vote-buying efforts in the Dec. 1 election.
The "contract" is actually a postcard-size publication asking people not to sell or buy votes. Government officials hope to promote the anti-vote-buying idea by sending cards to each family.
"We hope that our elementary and middle-school kids can take this card home over the weekend and ask their parents to read and sign it," Vice Minister of Education Fan Sun-lu (
"Giving away gifts is not our point," Fan said. "We sincerely hope that we can have a clean election and that our voters know how to say `no' to vote-buying bait."
"Both Premier Chang Chun-hsiung (
Head of the Ministry of Justice's Department of Legal Affairs Li Tsui-lien (
"It's a nation-wide promotion on the campuses," Li said. "We even sent the cards to schools in Kinmen (
Asked about the budget for the give-aways to the lucky ones who were selected by draws afterward, Li said that each school has the authority to decide how much money it will spend and what kind of gifts will be given to the parents.
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