Recall campaigns against a Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) legislator and a blue-aligned independent lawmaker have passed the first stage, with 33 additional KMT representatives potentially facing recall efforts, the Central Election Commission said yesterday,
As of yesterday, recall campaigns against 33 KMT lawmakers, one independent legislator, one city mayor and two county councilors had advanced to the second stage, the commission said.
In the second stage, campaigners must collect signatures from at least 10 percent of voters in the representative’s district within 60 days.
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The two latest recalls to pass the first phase were against KMT Legislator Chiu Chen-chun (邱鎮軍) and independent Legislator Chen Chao-ming (陳超明), both from Miaoli County.
The first-stage campaigns against 12 Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lawmakers, led by the KMT Youth League, are still awaiting additional documentation, the commission said, adding that the deadline has not yet passed.
The first phase of recalls advanced against 19 KMT lawmakers, including Wang Hung-wei (王鴻薇), Lee Yen-hsiu (李彥秀), Yeh Yuan-chih (葉元之), Niu Hsu-ting (牛煦庭), Tu Chuan-chi (涂權吉), Lu Ming-che (魯明哲), Wan Mei-ling (萬美玲), Lu Yu-ling (呂玉玲), Chiu Jo-hua (邱若華), Cheng Cheng-chien (鄭正鈐), Yu Hao (游顥), Yen Kuan-heng (顏寬恒), Liao Wei-hsiang (廖偉翔), Huang Chien-hao (黃健豪), Lo Ting-wei (羅廷瑋), Ting Hsueh-chung (丁學忠), Huang Chien-pin (黃建賓), Ma Wen-chun (馬文君) and Fu Kun-chi (傅?萁).
The mayor facing a recall is suspended Hsinchu Mayor Ann Kao (高虹安) of the Taiwan People’s Party, while the two councilors are DPP members from Nantou County, Tsai Ming-hsien (蔡銘軒) and Chen Yu-ling (陳玉鈴).
The second round of approved phase one recalls were for KMT legislators Lin Te-fu (林德福), Chang Chih-lun (張智倫), Yang Chiung-ying (楊瓊瓔), Hung Mong-kai (洪孟楷), Lo Ming-tsai (羅明才), Hsu Chiao-hsin (徐巧芯), Lai Shyh-bao (賴士葆), Liao Hsien-hsiang (廖先翔), Hsu Hsin-ying (徐欣瑩), Lin Szu-ming (林思銘), Johnny Chiang (江啟臣), Lo Chih-chiang (羅智強) and Hsieh Yi-feng (謝衣鳳).
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