KMT Decides Not to Amend Party Rules for At-large Legislators to Accommodate Speaker Wang

KMT Decides Not to Amend Party Rules for At-large Legislators to Accommodate Speaker Wang

Source: China Times

September 30, 2015

The KMT is starting its nomination process for its at-large legislators on the party list. Some are wondering whether the KMT would revise its party rules to accommodate Legislative Speaker Wang Jin-pyng (王金平), who has been elected on the KMT’s party list as an at-large legislator for three consecutive terms in 2004, 2008, and 2012 but cannot be re-nominated again for a fourth term according to existing party rules. According to an informed source, the KMT party central was inclined to maintain rather than amend its current party rules. However, the same source stated that if any member of the Central Standing Committee (CSC) had a different opinion and introduced a motion to amend the party rules, the CSC would handle the motion according to the rules of procedure and KMT Chairman Eric Chu (朱立倫) would announce the final outcome of the deliberations.

Wang Hong-wei (王鴻薇), spokesperson for KMT Presidential candidate Hung Hsiu-chu's (洪秀柱) campaign office, stated that the Hung team had not discussed whether Hung, as the KMT’s Presidential candidate, should be given some leeway in nominating a number of candidates on the party list for at-large legislators. This was under the purview of the KMT party central, stated Wang.  

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