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FTNN News Network report on June 30, 2024, discusses the controversy sparked by the Nationalist Party's plan to amend the 'Public Officials Election and Recall Act' to raise the recall threshold. While Nationalist Party Chair Eric Chu suggests a need for more stringent procedures due to potential fraud in the current recall process, he and some scholars within the party have not definitively supported the threshold adjustment. The amendment aims to require more recall agreement votes than disagreement votes, with the agreement votes exceeding the total votes received by the recalled individual during election. The Taiwan People's Party Chairman Ko Wen-Je opposes raising the recall threshold but suggests a more rigorous and consistent recall petition process. The internal debate within the Nationalist Party over the recall threshold change, coordinated by Fu Kun-Chi, may lead to a final line that recall agreement votes must surpass the recalled individual's election votes. Eric Chu and the Blue Party Faction have differing views on the issue.
Source: YAHOO