The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) administration’s performance in terms of COVID-19 prevention policies would be the make-or-break issue regarding the party’s success in the local elections in November, DPP caucus secretary-general Cheng Yun-peng (鄭運鵬) said on Tuesday.
If party members did well in preventing the COVID-19 pandemic, they would have a better chance of winning a successive term, Cheng added.
The public largely blamed Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the Central Epidemic Command Center, for unpopular policies such as rapid screening test purchase restrictions, and rules about people who have tested positive for the virus visiting doctors
The Ministry of the Interior on Friday said it opposes establishing Changhua County as a special municipality, in part due to the region’s declining population.
In a statement issued after a committee review meeting, the ministry said it would advise the Cabinet against changing Changhua County into a special municipality because the population, as of last month, had fallen below the 1.25 million threshold required to be eligible for the change.
The county government could also improve its efforts to develop the region, it said without elaborating.
Under Article 4 of the Local Government Act (地方制度法), only a region with a population of
Taipei, May 13 (CNA) The Ministry of the Interior (MOI) on Friday expressed opposition to reconstituting Changhua County as a special municipality, in part due to the region's declining population.
TAIPEI (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Taiwanese government has been discussing and carrying out plans to boost the island's self-defence capabilities.
Some members of President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) administration feel that now is the time to discuss extending mandatory military service, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a source said yesterday.
Politicians of both major parties in the past avoided the issue of extending mandatory military service out of fear of losing the support of younger voters, the official said on condition of anonymity.
Some are calling for the issue to be discussed now, because of the uncertainty sparked by the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the official added.
Asked recently about the issue, Minister of the Interior Hsu Kuo-yung (徐國勇) said that although lengthening the military