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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),
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,
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 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.