FINAL PUSH: Media personality Jaw Shaw-kong called the referendums a test of President Tsai’s public support, urging voters to go to the polls no matter the weatherBy Chien Hui-ju, Su Chin-feng and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writer
Political parties yesterday ramped up their referendum campaigns ahead of today’s vote, with the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) asking supporters to vote “no” on all four questions, while the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) urged supporters to vote “yes.”
On the ballot are questions related to banning imports of pork containing the leanness-enhancing additive ractopamine, relocating a liquefied natural gas terminal project off Taoyuan’s Guanyin District (觀音), restarting construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Gongliao District (貢寮) and holding referendums alongside elections.
The DPP last night held rallies on Ketagalan Boulevard in Taipei and at Dream Mall in
Three Taichung city councilors on Monday urged the local Water Resource Bureau to step up development of subsurface streams as alternative water sources in the wake of a severe water shortage in the city in the first half of the year.
Taichung uses 1.4 million tonnes of water daily, with the Dajia River (大甲溪) and the Liyutan Reservoir (鯉魚潭) each providing half that amount, said Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Taichung City Councilor Chiang Chao-kuo (江肇國), accompanied by two other DPP councilors, Lai Chia-wei (賴佳微) and Chang Chia-an (張家銨).
The bureau should closely monitor how much the 88 wells dug by
Youth groups yesterday joined pan-green camp politicians in calling for registered Taichung voters to return to the city on Saturday to vote against the recall of Taiwan Statebuilding Party Legislator Chen Po-wei (陳柏惟), which a commentator said was part of the Chinese Nationalist Party’s (KMT) “generational war.”
Strategy and Public Research Institute of Taiwan deputy director Chang Yu-shau (張宇韶) called the recall unjustified, saying that the rules were unfair and it was part of the KMT’s “politics of hatred.”
“The young generation represents our nation’s hope for the future,” Chang said, adding that young eligible voters returning home to vote was critical
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