Chinese Nationalist Party

KMT Recall Campaigns Against DPP Legislators Run Aground

Brian Hioe
The KMT’s recall campaigns against DPP legislators have run aground. With fifteen recall campaigns, compared to the 35 recall campaigns facing KMT legislators, recall efforts against DPP politicians were always smaller in scale than the other way around. Even if eight of the pan-Blue recall campaigns against DPP legislators still have time to collect further signatures, a number of the high-profile KMT recall campaigns have not succeeded. The overall effort to launch recalls of DPP legislators, then, is largely viewed as a failure...
EnglishJune 2025PoliticsSelf-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements5 min read

Siraya Groups Take Stand Against KMT Effort to Deny Indigenous Recognition to Pingpu Groups

Brian Hioe
Siraya civil society groups took a stand against a move from the KMT to create a new legal category called “Pingpu Indigenous” earlier this month, holding a press conference on the matter. The proposal, which originates from KMT legislator Sra Kacaw, who is Amis, would be a means of denying Siraya recognition as Indigenous...
EnglishIndigenousMay 2025RaceSocial Movements5 min read

KMT Calls for Recall of Lai Ching-te At Rally

Brian Hioe
The KMT claimed 250,000 in attendance at a rally against DPP recalls held yesterday on Ketagalan Boulevard. Aerial photographs do not seem to correspond to this claim, but either way, the pan-Blue camp was out in force against the DPP in what was a de facto campaign rally for the pan-Blue camp. Both the KMT and its smaller ally party, the TPP, were present...
April 2025EnglishPoliticsSelf-DeterminationSocial MovementsYouth Movements6 min read

Is the KMT Seeking to Expand Its Reach Over Security Powers?

Brian Hioe
A new security measure introduced by KMT legislator Chen Yeong-kang aims to shift security powers to the legislature from the executive. Consequently, the proposal has been criticized by the DPP as an attempt to arrogate further powers from the executive branch of government and to bring this under the control of the KMT-controlled legislature–specifically those powers pertaining to defense...
April 2025Cross StraitEnglishInternationalPolitics4 min read