Taipei Times
Date: Dec 09, 2017
By: Sean Lin  /  Staff reporter

The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) caucus’ proposals on lowering the thresholds for a referendum to be initiated and passed would be “surprising,” as it would show people that the KMT is much more open to lowering the thresholds than the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), KMT caucus secretary-general Lin Wei-chou (林為洲) said yesterday.

“Our version is more open and attainable than the DPP’s… I believe that it will exceed the DPP’s expectations,” Lin said after a KMT caucus meeting about proposed amendments to the Referendum Act (公民投票法), which is to be reviewed during a plenary session on Tuesday.

The KMT caucus supports any proposal to lower the hurdle as long as they are suitable and attainable, he said, adding that the KMT’s proposed thresholds would fall “somewhere near the lowest thresholds among draft amendments that have already been proposed.”

The KMT caucus is in favor of adopting absentee voting in referendums, which would increase the number of eligible voters, Lin said.    [FULL  STORY]