The TPP has once again been accused of seeking to change laws in order to benefit party founder Ko Wen-je. Ko is currently facing up to seventeen years in jail, as well as six years of being deprived of civil rights, in connection with corruption charges...
Former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je has been sentenced to 17 years in jail and 6 years of being deprived of his civil rights. This marks a heavy sentence for the founder of the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) founder, who ran as the TPP presidential candidate in the 2024 election. Before his legal troubles in the last two years, Ko continued to be a presidential hopeful...
The TPP continues with its delicate balancing act on defense. In particular, the TPP seems to still be aiming to differentiate its political stance from that of the KMT, while still maintaining a pan-Blue political orientation and, in this way, taking an active stance against passing defense spending...
The KMT and TPP have hit out at a visit to Japan by Premier Cho Jung-tai to watch a game at the World Baseball Classic. Taiwan defeated regional rival South Korea for the first time in history at the WBC game, advancing Taiwan to the next round of competition...
The KMT seems set to continue being on the offensive in the legislature, with a slew of new bills that the party hopes to pass in the near future. At the same time, it is probable that the KMT will cause public pushback if it continues with its actions...
The KMT has finally released its own version of the special defense budget. This proves, in some sense, a reversal of stance for the KMT, which previously sought to block any arms purchases from the US by way of the special defense budget, voting this down ten times. This occurred with the claim that the US was simply trying to foist useless weapons onto Taiwan through arms purchases and that arms purchases would, in fact, provoke China to further hostilities directed at Taiwan...
US arms sales to Taiwan have been thrown into question due to the KMT’s continual refusal to approve defense procurement spending. The KMT, along with its ally, the TPP, has now voted down defense spending ten times...
The TPP seems set for controversy after the resignation of six legislators. This takes place as part of the TPP’s unique provision in its party charter that specifies that party list legislators serve for only two year terms, after which they are replaced with other TPP members...
