A petition to recall Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu presented 30,000 signatures to the Central Election Commission on Thursday. The CEC now has 25 days to review the petition and decide whether it can advance to the next step of the recall process. In the second stage, the campaign will have 60 days to get signatures from 10% of Kaohsiung voters. It''s Thursday morning at the CEC. Wecare Kaohsiung founder Aaron Yin, the Citizens Mowing Action spokesman, a Taiwan Statebuilding Party representative, and the leader of a local advocacy group handed over 32 boxes containing 30,000 signatures. And with that, the petition to recall Han officially took its first step.Aaron YinWecare Kaohsiung founderToday is a very important moment for the history of Taiwan''s democracy. Never before has a recall act been launched against a municipality leader. This is the first time.Chen Kuan-jungGas explosion victims'' advocacy groupThe people of Kaohsiung are very genuine and friendly, so they are very prone to becoming the victims of lies and deception. But the people of Kaohsiung aren''t stupid. The eyes of the people of Kaohsiung are sharp. Over the past year, we have all seen with our own eyes Han Kuo-yu''s performance as Kaohsiung mayor. Within 25 days - and by January at the latest - the CEC will announce whether the initiative is valid. If it is, the second phase of the process will start. The activists will have 60 days to collect signatures from 10% of Kaohsiung''s voters, or about 230,000 people. In the third phase, the recall will go up for a public vote.Han says the movement to impeach him is being led by people close to Presidential Office Secretary-General and former Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu. Yin says the campaign is nonpartisan.Aaron YinWecare Kaohsiung founderThis thing has nothing to do with the 2020 elections. It''s nothing personal. Less than half the people here at the vanguard are DPP members. I think that Han has gotten too accustomed to speaking without thinking.Yin dismissed Han''s claim that the recall petition was politically motivated. The four activists said their goal was to clear all three petition thresholds to remove the quote, "runaway mayor."
A petition to recall Kaohsiung mayor Han Kuo-yu presented 30,000 signatures to the Central Election Commission on Thursday. The CEC now has 25 days to review the petition and decide whether it can advance to the next step of the recall process. In the second stage, the campaign will have 60 days to get signatures from 10% of Kaohsiung voters. It''s Thursday morning at the CEC. Wecare Kaohsiung founder Aaron Yin, the Citizens Mowing Action spokesman, a Taiwan Statebuilding Party representative, and the leader of a local advocacy group handed over 32 boxes containing 30,000 signatures. And with that, the petition to recall Han officially took its first step.Aaron YinWecare Kaohsiung founderToday is a very important moment for the history of Taiwan''s democracy. Never before has a recall act been launched against a municipality leader. This is the first time.Chen Kuan-jungGas explosion victims'' advocacy groupThe people of Kaohsiung are very genuine and friendly, so they are very prone to becoming the victims of lies and deception. But the people of Kaohsiung aren''t stupid. The eyes of the people of Kaohsiung are sharp. Over the past year, we have all seen with our own eyes Han Kuo-yu''s performance as Kaohsiung mayor. Within 25 days - and by January at the latest - the CEC will announce whether the initiative is valid. If it is, the second phase of the process will start. The activists will have 60 days to collect signatures from 10% of Kaohsiung''s voters, or about 230,000 people. In the third phase, the recall will go up for a public vote.Han says the movement to impeach him is being led by people close to Presidential Office Secretary-General and former Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu. Yin says the campaign is nonpartisan.Aaron YinWecare Kaohsiung founderThis thing has nothing to do with the 2020 elections. It''s nothing personal. Less than half the people here at the vanguard are DPP members. I think that Han has gotten too accustomed to speaking without thinking.Yin dismissed Han''s claim that the recall petition was politically motivated. The four activists said their goal was to clear all three petition thresholds to remove the quote, "runaway mayor."
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