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DPP proposes checks on members
By Jason Pan / Staff reporter
In a bid to prevent people affiliated with criminal gangs from joining the party, Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taipei chapter head Enoch Wu (吳怡農) yesterday proposed a set of “reform measures.”
“This is the only way forward for our party to make progress in politics with democratic values,” Wu told a convention of chapter heads that was led by President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), who is the DPP chairperson. “The DPP must not betray the trust of its members, so I am asking chapter heads to push for and to implement these policies.”
DPP to do more checks to keep out members associated with gangs
05/07/2021 10:06 PM
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President Tsai Ing-wen speaks when she visited Taiwan Women s Center in Taipei Friday. CNA photo May 7, 2021
Taipei, May 7 (CNA) The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) decided Friday to launch a system in July involving more background checks that will make sure that its members are lawful, in the wake of recent scandals involving a DPP member.
DPP Secretary-General Lin Hsi-yao (林錫耀) said the system will first check the criminal records of new party members, and then review members enrolled since 2013, when it introduced a policy of refusing those who have links to organized crime groups from joining the party.
Law and Order: Tsai apologizes over crime links
TAINTED IMAGE: The president apologized to DPP supporters for the party’s failure to prevent gang-affiliated people from joining the party and causing controversy
By Chien Hui-ju, Jason Pan and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporters, with staff writer
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) on Wednesday offered a public apology, following media reports of a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) member being affiliated with an organized crime group, and said that the party would tighten its review mechanism to screen out unqualified people.
“In recent days, reports on gang activities and crime have been linked to the DPP’s internal management of party membership. These have led to criticism and have tarnished our party’s image,” said Tsai, who is also the DPP chairperson, at the party’s headquarters in Taipei.