Reported 12 months ago
The Kuomintang caucus in the Legislative Yuan has proposed an amendment to the Election and Recall Act to raise the recall threshold, scheduled for discussion in the Internal Affairs Committee on July 4. The Economic Democracy Union criticized the KMT for urgently trying to raise the recall threshold, indicating their lack of self-reflection in citizens' anti-parliamentary abuse actions. They plan to rally the public on July 4 to return to Jilin Road to hold legislators accountable. The recall system is seen as an expression of direct civic rights to oversee public officials' conduct and hold them accountable for deviating from public opinion. The KMT's rush to raise the recall threshold is seen as a sign of their lack of self-reflection in citizen anti-parliamentary abuse actions and their intent to continue promoting undemocratic legislation in the future.
Source: YAHOO