Taipei Times
Date: Nov 09, 2017
By: Sean Lin / Staff reporter
Members of the People Rule Foundation yesterday began a hunger strike outside the
Members of the People Rule Foundation launch a relay hunger strike at the park in front of the Democratic Progressive Party’s headquarters in Taipei yesterday to demand that the government amend the Referendum Act. Photo: CNA
Democratic Progressive Party’s (DPP) headquarters in Taipei, urging the DPP caucus to swiftly pass draft amendments to the Referendum Act (公民投票法), a move they say is crucial for the nation to attain direct democracy.
Foundation members gathered in a park facing DPP headquarters before circling the building three times in what foundation chief executive Liu Ming-hsin (劉明新) described as the foundation’s brand of “nonviolent protest.”
Liu urged lawmakers to pass draft amendments to the act that have passed their first reading.
Although some like-minded civic groups have voiced objections to Article 2 of the draft amendment, which prohibits changes to be made to the nation’s territory, official title, national flag and anthem, the foundation believes that solutions to these issues would manifest themselves after the proposed changes are enacted. [FULL STORY]
