Advocates to recall Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers in central Taiwan yesterday went to the Central Election Commission’s (CEC) office in Taipei to collect petition forms for the second stage of their recall campaign.
As of yesterday, 32 recall proposals against KMT lawmakers, two against Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Nantou County councilors and one against suspended Hsinchu Mayor Ann Kao (高虹安) had passed their first-phase review.
Campaigners yesterday picked up second-stage petition forms to recall KMT lawmakers based in Taichung, Yunlin County and Changhua County; namely, Ting Hsueh-chung (丁學忠), Yen Kuan-heng (顏寬恒), Yang Chiung-ying (楊瓊瓔), Liao Wei-hsiang (廖偉翔), Huang Chien-hao (黃健豪) and Lo Ting-wei (羅廷瑋).
Photo: George Tsorng, Taipei Times
The second stage of the petition to recall KMT Changhua County Legislator Hsieh Yi-feng (謝衣鳳) would not begin until Friday next week, as campaigners have not yet collected petition forms.
Dentist Shih Shu-hua (史書華), head of the campaign to recall New Taipei City KMT Legislator Yeh Yuan-chih (葉元之), also picked up second-stage petition sheets from the CEC yesterday.
Twelve recall petitions against DPP lawmakers failed to meet the required signatures for the first stage, but KMT Youth League member Lee Hsiao-liang (李孝亮) yesterday submitted 2,637 supplementary signatures for the recall of DPP Legislator Wu Pei-yi (吳沛憶).
Meanwhile, DPP spokesman Justin Wu (吳崢) and attorney Huang Di-ying (黃帝穎) yesterday at the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office filed charges against the KMT for including petition signatures of dead people.
In response, Lee said that recall groups could not know whether a petitioner is dead or alive solely from their signature.
The CEC in a statement reiterated that local household registration offices are responsible for reviewing such reports and identifying petition signatures of dead people.
Their review results would next be handed to local election committees for initial review, with confirmed cases reported to the CEC for final review, it said.
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