Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) Legislator David Huang (
Huang said his decision came after the party revoked his legislative candidacy on Tuesday and refused to expel TSU Legislator Lai Shin-yuan (
Huang said on Tuesday he would leave the party if it failed to dismiss Lai and nullify her candidacy for legislator-at-large. Huang also asked the party to remove members of the "anti-Chen campaign" at party headquarters.
The campaign was launched by former DPP chairman Shih Ming-teh (
The TSU revoked Huang and TSU Legislator Yin Ling-ying's (尹伶瑛) candidacies in the legislative election after the pair defied the party's warning to refrain from making remarks detrimental to the party.
Huang said yesterday he and his DPP rival in Taipei City's Wanhua (
Yin yesterday criticized her party for sabotaging the unity of the pan-green camp, adding that the TSU's selfish decision would only lead to its demise.
Saying that she was in a "complicated" state of mind, Yin yesterday did not say whether she would drop out of the election, but said she would let opinion polls decide whether she or her DPP contestant should run.
TSU spokeswoman Chou Mei-li (
"We will not comment on the matter because they are engaging in a soap opera," Chou said.
Taiwan is stepping up plans to create self-sufficient supply chains for combat drones and increase foreign orders from the US to counter China’s numerical superiority, a defense official said on Saturday. Commenting on condition of anonymity, the official said the nation’s armed forces are in agreement with US Admiral Samuel Paparo’s assessment that Taiwan’s military must be prepared to turn the nation’s waters into a “hellscape” for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Paparo, the commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, reiterated the concept during a Congressional hearing in Washington on Wednesday. He first coined the term in a security conference last
Prosecutors today declined to say who was questioned regarding alleged forgery on petitions to recall Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislators, after Chinese-language media earlier reported that members of the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Youth League were brought in for questioning. The Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau confirmed that two people had been questioned, but did not disclose any further information about the ongoing investigation. KMT Youth League members Lee Hsiao-liang (李孝亮) and Liu Szu-yin (劉思吟) — who are leading the effort to recall DPP caucus chief executive Rosalia Wu (吳思瑤) and Legislator Wu Pei-yi (吳沛憶) — both posted on Facebook saying: “I
The Ministry of Economic Affairs has fined Taobao NT$1.2 million (US$36,912) for advertisements that exceed its approved business scope, requiring the Chinese e-commerce platform to make corrections in the first half of this year or its license may be revoked. Lawmakers have called for stricter enforcement of Chinese e-commerce platforms and measures to prevent China from laundering its goods through Taiwan in response to US President Donald Trump’s heavy tariffs on China. The Legislative Yuan’s Finance Committee met today to discuss policies to prevent China from dumping goods in Taiwan, inviting government agencies to report. Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Kuo Kuo-wen (郭國文) said
Sung Chien-liang (宋建樑), who led efforts to recall Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Lee Kun-cheng (李坤城), was released on bail of NT$80,000 today amid outcry over his decision to wear a Nazi armband to questioning the night before. Sung arrived at the New Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office for questioning in a recall petition forgery case last night wearing a red armband bearing a swastika, carrying a copy of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf and giving a Nazi salute. Sung left the building at 1:15am without the armband and covering the book with his coat. Lee said today that this is a serious
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