Taiwan Statebuilding Party

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Taiwan Statebuilding Party
台灣基進
ChairpersonChen Yi-chi
SecretaryWang Hsing-huan
Founded15 May 2016 (2016-05-15)
HeadquartersKaohsiung, Taiwan
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing[2][3]
National affiliationPan-Green Coalition[4]
Colours  Fire Brick
Legislative Yuan
0 / 113
Municipal mayors
0 / 6
Magistrates/mayors
0 / 16
Councilors
0 / 912
Township/city mayors
0 / 204
Website
https://statebuilding.tw/
Chairperson Chen Yi-chi

The Taiwan Statebuilding Party (TSP; Chinese: 台灣基進; pinyin: Táiwān Jījìn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-oân Ki-chìn) is a political party in Taiwan. The party was established in 2016 as Taiwan Radical Wings.[5] The party is considered a close ally of the Democratic Progressive Party.[6]

History[]

As of 2018, the chairperson was Chen Yi-chi.[7]

In the 2020 legislative elections in Taiwan, the party won one seat, with Chen Po-wei becoming its first member of the Legislative Yuan.[8]

In October 2021, Chen became the first member of the Legislative Yuan to be successfully recalled, ending his term less than two years into office.[9] Votes for Chen's recall numbered 77,899, against 73,433 opposing his recall. Votes supporting the recall topped 25% of the eligible electorate (73,744), with 51.72 percent voter turnout.[10] Per Article 92 of the Civil Servants Election and Recall Act, Chen will be ineligible to run for the Legislative Yuan in Taichung's second district for the next four years.[11] On 28 October 2021, he was officially dismissed from the Legislative Yuan.

Political position[]

TSP is generally described as a left-wing,[3] progressive[1] and pro-independence party.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "'The loss of language is the loss of heritage:' the push to revive Taiwanese in Taiwan". Hong Kong Free Press. 31 October 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021. But the implementation of 18 national languages in official settings has not gone smoothly. In late September, a conversation between Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng and the progressive Taiwan Statebuilding Party’s only elected lawmaker, Chen Po-wei, became heated after Chen requested the use of an interpreter so he could speak in Taigí, his mother tongue.
  2. ^ a b c "Not Just a Two-party System". Taiwan Business TOPICS. 25 March 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020. Besides supporting Taiwan independence, the TSP regards itself as a left-wing party that promotes social equality and admires the social welfare systems of northern European countries.
  3. ^ a b "Taiwan Activist's Wife Calls on China to Allow Him Home For Funeral". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 16 February 2020. Lin Yu-ming of the left-wing, pro-independence Taiwan State Building Party said that China is increasingly seeking to inflence the democratic island's 23 million residents ahead of presidential elections in 2020, at which Tsai is seeking re-election.
  4. ^ "2020 ELECTIONS / DPP retains legislative majority, KMT gains seats". 11 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  5. ^ Ng, Kang-chung (8 May 2019). "Pro-independence Taiwanese party broadcasts recording of woman claiming to be Hong Kong localist who fled the city ahead of Mong Kok riot trial". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  6. ^ Chris Chang (28 December 2019). "Voices of the 2020 Taiwan legislative elections: Taiwan Statebuilding Party". Taiwan News. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  7. ^ William Yang (20 October 2018). "Taiwan's independence rally draws thousands, irks China". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  8. ^ Ching-Tse Cheng (11 January 2020). "Taiwan Statebuilding Party candidate wins in KMT stronghold". Taiwan News. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  9. ^ Pan, Jason (23 October 2021). "Taichung voters recall Chen Po-wei". Taipei Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  10. ^ Huang, Frances (23 October 2021). "Chen Po-wei becomes first legislator in Taiwan to lose recall vote". Central News Agency. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Civil Servants Election And Recall Act". Act of 6 May 2020. Ministry of the Interior.

External links[]


Stub icon

This article about a Taiwanese political party is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

  • v
  • t
Retrieved from ""