Taiwan, recall and opposition
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Taiwanese voters have rejected a bid to oust about one-fifth of their lawmakers from the opposition Nationalist Party in a recall election, a setback for President Lai Ching-te.
Voters overwhelmingly rejected move to oust 24 lawmakers of the main opposition party, Beijing-friendly Kuomintang. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The votes could reshape the island democracy's parliament and the government's approach to its powerful neighbor.
Taiwan's government said the island's largest-ever recall vote has faced "unprecedented" election interference by China, which claims the democratically governed island as its own, over Taiwan's rejection.
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Taiwan is paralyzed by political gridlock. A mass recall of ‘pro-China’ lawmakers could break that
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Taiwanese are voting to determine whether to oust about one-fifth of their lawmakers, all from the opposition Nationalist Party
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.