China-born former Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) legislator Li Zhenxiu (李貞秀) has filed for a provisional injunction with the Taipei District Court to temporarily retain her party status and therefore eligibility to serve as a legislator-at-large, she said last night in a livestream.
Li said she has not yet signed her termination paperwork with the Legislative Yuan, as it would finalize the decision.
As she does not have the right to act as legislator, she also is not required to sign the paperwork, she added.
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The injunction is intended to temporarily halt the TPP from continuing to process her expulsion, she said, adding that she still retains a 30-day window for internal appeal within the party, having not yet received official documentation of her membership termination.
The court confirmed receipt of her petition and has assigned the case.
Li was expelled from the party on Monday last week, as decided by a vote within the TPP’s Central Evaluation Committee following a series of controversies.
As she was a proportional representative, expulsion from the party stripped her of her legislative seat.
She took office in February as the first China-born spouse of a Taiwanese person to serve as a lawmaker in Taiwan.
However, she became embroiled in disputes over her nationality and eligibility, after it was revealed that she had failed to renounce her Chinese citizenship.
She has also been caught in confrontations with TPP Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌).
There are four main reasons for the lawsuit, lawyer Chen Chun-wei (陳君瑋) said.
First, it is a ploy to retain public attention and keep momentum going, he said.
Second, the injunction would require the TPP to release meeting records and audio recordings, forcing Huang to officially respond to Li.
Last, it would prevent Li from appearing to contradict herself, if she believed the punishment was unfair, yet failed to take action, he said.
As Li may not be legally eligible to sit as legislator, the injunction may not be approved, but she has the right to pursue legal procedures if she wishes, Chen added.
Former legislative speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平) was granted a provisional injunction in 2013 after he had his Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) membership revoked, which temporarily blocked his expulsion while legal appeals continued.
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