Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/03/31
By: Zoe Wei and Scully Hsiao
Taipei, March 31 (CNA) Environmental activist and lawyer Robin Winkler, who gave up his U.S.
It is the second time Winkler has decided to run for a seat in the Legislature.
Winkler had sought to run in a legislative by-election in Taipei in 2009 but was rejected by the Taipei City Election Commission, which cited the Civil Servants Election and Recall Act, under which a foreigner has to have been naturalized for 10 years before he is allowed to run in local elections. [FULL STORY]