KMT-led referendum proposals clear second hurdle
05/06/2021 10:09 PM
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Taipei, May 6 (CNA) Two referendum proposals initiated by the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) that seek to ban pork imports containing ractopamine and establish a path for future referendums have cleared the second hurdle, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said Thursday, bringing them one step closer to being put to the vote in August.
CEC Deputy Chairman Chen Chao-chien (陳朝建) told CNA on Thursday that the petitions for the two referendums passed the second-stage threshold after all the signatures submitted by the KMT in March were examined.
The CEC will convene a meeting on May 14 to determine whether the two proposals will be put to the vote on Aug. 28, added Chen.