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An important reason why the recall vote was defeated is a testament to the Taiwanese people’s desire to maintain a thriving democracy and a semblance of checks and balances but on a very practice level,
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bne IntelliNews on MSNTaiwan’s president, ruling party hit hard by failure in anti-KMT recall voteBy bno - Taipei Office On July 26, Taiwan witnessed the culmination of an unprecedented political moment - the largest recall vote in its history, which ended in a decisive failure for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and delivered a measure of political humility for President William Lai (Lai Ching‑te),
For the Taiwan recall vote to pass, more than a quarter of eligible voters in the electoral district must vote in favor, and the total number of supporters must exceed those opposed.
After many months of campaigning, Taiwan’s “Great Recall” came to a halt on Saturday with the unexpected defeat of recall efforts at the polls. Of 24 Kuomintang (KMT) legislators and one mayor up for recall,
The votes could reshape the island democracy's parliament and the government's approach to its powerful neighbor.
On July 26, Taiwan will set a new record for a developed democracy, holding recall referendums for 24 opposition legislators as well as one opposition mayor. This is nothing to be proud of; the mass recalls of more than a fifth of Taiwan’s legislature are the latest sign of a political crisis that has largely gone unnoticed internationally.
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday criticized China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) for claiming that Taiwan’s ruling party was guilty of “political manipulation” and that it had lost public support.
A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Sunday said that the failure of a recall vote targeting opposition lawmakers in Taiwan's local legislature shows that the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)'s political manipulation runs against the will of the people.