Chen Po-wei
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Chen Po-wei MLY | |
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陳柏惟 | |
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Member of the Legislative Yuan | |
Assumed office 1 February 2020 | |
Preceded by | Yen Kuan-heng |
Constituency | Taichung II |
Personal details | |
Born | citation needed] Yancheng District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 10 July 1985 [
Nationality | Taiwan |
Political party | Taiwan Statebuilding Party |
Chen Po-wei (Chinese: 陳柏惟; born 10 July 1985)[citation needed] is a Taiwanese politician. He was elected to the Legislative Yuan in the 2020 legislative election.
Political career[]
Chen served as the spokesperson for the Taiwan Statebuilding Party (then known as Taiwan Radical Wings) and supported a recall movement against Kaohsiung City Mayor Han Kuo-yu. Throughout his political career, he has been a vocal supporter of Taiwan independence.[1]
In the 2020 legislative elections, Chen defeated Kuomintang incumbent Yen Kuan-heng in the Taichung City Constituency II becoming the first Taiwan Statebuilding Party legislator. His candidacy was supported by the Democratic Progressive Party and filmmaker Wu Nien-jen.[2]
In late 2020, Chen stood with Democratic Progressive Party to support the import of American pork with ractopamine.[3]
A proposal to recall Chen from office collected 3,744 valid signatures by 5 March 2021,[4] and 36,073 valid signatures by 2 July 2021,[5] prompting the Central Election Commission to tentatively schedule a recall election for 28 August, the same date as the originally scheduled 2021 Taiwanese referendum. Due to effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, the CEC announced on 16 July 2021 that would be postponed to 23 October 2021.[6]
References[]
- ^ Ann Maxon (2 July 2019). "Han recall bid tipped to clear initial threshold - Taipei Times". Taipei Times. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ Ching-Tse Cheng (11 January 2020). "Taiwan Statebuilding Party candidate wins in KMT stronghold". Taiwan News. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
- ^ Jason Pan. "DPP passes ractopamine directives - Taipei times". Taipei Times. Retrieved 25 December 2020.
- ^ Chao, Li-yen; Lee, Lee Hsin-Yin (5 March 2021). "Motion to recall controversial lawmaker passes 1st stage". Central News Agency. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ Lai, Yu-chen; Wen, Kuei-hsiang; Mazzetta, Matthew (2 July 2021). "Election commission clears petition to recall pro-independence lawmaker". Central News Agency. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ Lai, Yu-chen; Liu, Kuan-ting; Mazzetta, Matthew; Teng, Pei-ju (16 July 2021). "Recall vote against lawmaker Chen Po-wei postponed". Central News Agency.
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