Taipei, Nov. 24 (CNA) Candidates in the Nov. 26 local government elections in northern Taiwan spent Thursday campaigning, often in the rain, as enthusiastic voters lined up along the roads to show their support when campaign motorcades passed through their area.
Taipei, Nov. 16 (CNA) The Central Election Commission reminded the public, political parties, candidates and media outlets that a ban on releasing, reporting, distributing, commenting on and citing poll results through any platform took effect at midnight Tuesday, ahead of the Nov. 26 local government elections.
The Ministry of Transportation and Communications is to announce a contingency plan on Friday to facilitate the transportation of travelers during the International Workers’ Day long weekend, as a majority of Taiwan Railways Administration (TRA) workers have threatened to take May 1 off to protest a plan to corporatize the agency.
The legislature’s Transportation Committee is to review and deliberate over a draft statute of Taiwan Railway Corporation on Thursday morning.
Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) on Friday met with the members of the Taiwan Railway Labor Union, who asked the transportation ministry to withdraw the draft statute that
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) deputy secretary-general Lo Chih-chiang (羅智強) yesterday requested that party executives offer a public apology for revealing the name of the KMT member who filed a complaint about alleged illicit activities in the KMT Central Standing Committee vote on March 5.
The KMT has been rocked by allegations that Legislator Fu Kun-chi (傅崐萁) bought votes so that he could play a leading role in the party’s decisionmaking body.
“Many people have heard of the vote-buying scandal involving KMT Central Standing Committee members. In my recent trips across Taiwan, everyone I met condemned what had taken place during the vote,”