Taiwan’s Ruling Party Fails to Oust Opposition Lawmakers in Key Recall Vote, Legislative Stalemate Continues
Taiwan’s Ruling Party Fails to Oust Opposition Lawmakers in Key Recall Vote, Legislative Stalemate Continues Taiwanese voters have largely rejected efforts to remove approximately one-fifth of opposition Nationalist Party (KMT) lawmakers in a significant recall election held this past Saturday. Preliminary results indicate that none of the two dozen KMT legislators targeted by the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) were successfully ousted, dampening the ruling party’s hopes of shifting the balance of power in the island’s legislature. The outcome poses…