Six Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) lawmakers including party Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) are to step down from their legislative positions on Feb. 1 in accordance with party rules limiting legislators-at-large to two-year terms, the Legislative Yuan’s Personnel Department said today.
The paperwork for the resignations was submitted to the legislature’s Procedure Committee during its meeting today.
Although the committee did not set the agenda for Friday’s session, it is expected to include reporting the resignations.
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Six of the TPP’s eight legislators are to resign: Lin Kuo-cheng (林國成), Lin Yi-chun (林憶君), Chang Chi-kai (張啓楷), Jenny Maiyu (麥玉珍), Vivian Huang (黃珊珊) and Huang Kuo-chang.
This is in line with the TPP’s “two-year clause” requiring legislators-at-large to step down halfway through their four-year term to enable more TPP members to serve as lawmakers.
The legislature’s 34 legislators-at-large are elected through proportional representation from party lists, rather than representing individual districts.
All eight current TPP lawmakers are at-large legislators.
The six legislators reportedly signed their resignation letters at the beginning of the month.
The six spots are expected to be filled by former Software Technology Institute deputy director Hung Yu-hsiang (洪毓祥), Zhong-hua Sunshine Care Association chair Tsai Chun-chou (蔡春綢), National Chung Cheng University College of Social Sciences dean Wang An-hsiang (王安祥), National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences General Education Center professor Chiu hui-ji (邱慧洳), Taichung City Councilor Jacky Chen (陳清龍) and Chinese spouse Li Zhenxiu (李貞秀).
Two of the TPP’s current legislators, Chen Gau-tzu (陳昭姿) and Liu Shu-pin (劉書彬), are to remain.
Former TPP chairman Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) previously agreed to allow Chen Gau-tzu to stay on to complete the bill she is working on regarding assisted reproduction and surrogacy, despite the two-year clause.
Liu Shu-pin assumed office as a legislator on March 14 last year, so her term has not yet reached two years.
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