Taiwan’s first wave of “mega recall” was held today (26th) from 8 am to 4 pm, the Central Election Commission (CEC) stated that, according to the “Recall of Public Officials Election Law,” those approved for recall on August 1st will be removed from office and cannot serve as legislators starting from that day.
Taiwanese civic groups launched a major recall campaign against certain blue and white legislators who spearheaded a parliamentary expansion bill, criticizing their “constitutional disruption and ignoring of public opinion.” The first wave of recalls targeting 24 Kuomintang legislators and the suspended mayor of Hsinchu City, Ko Hung-an, took place today; while the recall cases of seven Kuomintang legislators are scheduled for August 23rd.
The threshold for recall approval is “agree votes exceeding disagree votes” and “agree votes reaching more than a quarter (25%) of the total number of voters in the original electoral district.” If the Kuomintang loses six seats this time, the Democratic Progressive Party will have the opportunity to retake control of the parliament.
The CEC of the Republic of China held a recall vote today for 24 Kuomintang legislators, including Fu Kun-chi, Huang Chien-pin, Cheng Cheng-kuan, Lin Pei-hsiang, Wan Mei-ling, Lu Ming-che, Tu Chuan-chi, Niu Hsu-ting, Liao Hsien-hsiang, Lo Ting-wei, Huang Chien-hao, Liao Wei-hsiang, Chiu Jo-hua, Lu Yu-ling, Ting Hsueh-chung, Yeh Yuan-chih, Wang Hung-wei, Li Yen-hsiu, Hsu Chiao-hsin, Lai Shih-pao, Lo Chih-chiang, Hung Meng-kai, Chang Chih-lun, Lin Te-fu, and the suspended Hsinchu City Mayor, Ko Hung-an.