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Taipei, Nov. 22 (CNA) A proposed constitution amendment to lower the voting age in the Republic of China (the official name of Taiwan), from 20 to 18 requires the backing of nearly 9.62 million voters to pass in a national referendum to be held on Saturday, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said Tuesday.
Taipei, Oct. 10 (CNA) Opposition Kuomintang (KMT) Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) said Monday that as a responsible political party, the KMT was determined to "build peace in the Taiwan Strait, safeguard the Republic of China (ROC) and protect the region."
Taipei, June 29 (CNA) The Council of Indigenous Peoples (CIP) has opposed granting the Siraya and other Pingpu tribes constitutionally-protected Indigenous status which entitles the 16 officially recognized Indigenous peoples in Taiwan to specific privileges.
Legislators have proposed amending the Anti-Infiltration Act (反滲透法) so that political parties found to have colluded with an enemy state to affect the outcome of an election can be dissolved. The preamble of a draft amendment proposed by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Chiu Chih-wei (邱志偉) cited the UK’s MI5 security service as last year saying that Beijing has used Chinese agents to infiltrate all major British political parties, and was “engaging in political interference activities through donation of funds to influence policies on China.” Australia has rai...
CLARITY NEEDED: After the CUPP said last year that it was advocating unification with China, there was debate about the constitutionality of punishing such behaviorBy Chung Li-hua and Lee Hsin-fang / Staff reporters