Taipei Times
Date: Apr 05, 2017
By: Stacy Hsu / Staff reporter
New Power Party (NPP) Executive Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) yesterday
New Power Party Executive Chairman and Legislator Huang Kuo-chang speaks at a news conference in Taipei on Sunday. Photo: Chien Jung-fong, Taipei Times
threatened to take legal action against Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairwoman Hung Hsiu-chu (洪秀柱) for saying that Huang supported lifting a ban on imports of Japanese food products from prefectures near the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant disaster and the decriminalization of drugs.
The furor began on Monday, when Hung said during a visit to Chiayi City that she supported a recall campaign initiated last year by civic groups against Huang.
“Huang’s support for the lifting of the ban on Japanese food products and the decriminalization of drugs, as well as his blind conformity to the Democratic Progressive Party’s [DPP] illegal actions, have triggered a public outcry,” she said, adding that she welcomed the recall campaign.
The campaign was launched by an alliance of New Taipei City residents against same-sex marriage over Huang’s support for the legalization of gay marriage. [FULL STORY]
