TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Recall votes for 24 KMT lawmakers and for suspended Hsinchu City Mayor Kao Hung-an (高虹安) will take place on July 26, the Central Election Commission said Friday.
The list of lawmakers facing recall votes includes KMT Caucus Whip Fu Kun-chi (傅崐萁) in Hualien, five lawmakers in Taipei, five in New Taipei, and six in Taoyuan, the Liberty Times reported. Kao, who was elected for the TPP in 2022, was suspended from office in July 2024 following corruption allegations.
A recall vote can only be successful if it receives more votes in favor than against, and if the votes in favor of the recall number more than 25% of the eligible voters in the election district. If the recall fails, then the lawmaker in question can sit out the rest of his term until the end of January 2028 without any new recall votes.
Friday’s announcement was only the first batch of recalls, as campaigns against other lawmakers are continuing. Efforts by the KMT to launch recalls of several DPP legislators have been marred by accusations of fraud, with local KMT officials facing detention and legal charges.
In the present Legislative Yuan, the KMT is the largest party with 52 seats, while the DPP holds 51 and the TPP eight seats.
The lawmakers facing a recall vote on July 26 are:
Taipei: Wang Hung-wei (王鴻薇), Lee Yen-hsiu (李彥秀), Lo Chih-chiang (羅智強), Hsu Chiao-hsin (徐巧芯), Lai Shyh-bao (賴士葆)
New Taipei: Hung Mong-kai (洪孟楷), Yeh Yuan-chih (葉元之), Chang Chih-lun (張智倫), Lin Te-fu (林德福), Liao Hsien-hsiang (廖先翔)
Taoyuan: Niu Hsu-ting (牛煦庭), Tu Chuan-chi (涂權吉), Lu Ming-che (魯明哲), Wan Mei-ling (萬美玲), Lu Yu-ling (呂玉玲), Chiu Jo-hua (邱若華)
Taichung: Liao Wei-hsiang (廖偉翔), Huang Chien-hao (黃健豪), Lo Ting-wei (羅廷瑋)
Keelung: Lin Pei-hsiang (林沛祥)
Hsinchu City: Cheng Cheng-chien (鄭正鈐)
Yunlin: Ting Hsueh-chung (丁學忠)
Hualien: Fu Kun-chi (傅崐萁)
Taitung: Huang Chien-pin (黃建賓).
