Taiwan will hold a recall vote for around one quarter of parliament's lawmakers - all from the main opposition party - next month, the election commission said on Friday, a move which could see ...

Taiwan is undergoing a wave of mass recall campaigns triggered by the political deadlock that followed the 2024 elections. The right to recall’s value lies in addressing the shortcomings of ...

If the recall votes are successful, there will be by-elections later this year to select new lawmakers. Taiwan's next parliamentary and presidential elections are not scheduled until early 2028.

Philippe Le Corre. Parmi les États membres de l’Union, les élections qui se tiennent demain à Taïwan seront suivies de très près. Principalement pour des raisons liées à la sécurité dans le détroit et ...

Although presidential and legislative elections in Taiwan were only last year, the current political mood feels like a campaign year. That’s because an unprecedented wave of recall campaigns has ...

Against the backdrop of the recall campaigns, the idea of a vote of no confidence in the Cabinet so as to allow for a new set of elections was introduced by Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an in late April.

But recalls are rare — and they've never been used on this scale before. The current wave of recall motions began after the DPP lost its majority in parliament during the 2024 elections.

Taiwan has been in a political standoff since the inauguration of President Lai Ching-Te of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in May 2024. Since then, Ching-Te's administration has been ...

Taiwan voters will pick mayors and county magistrates in elections on Saturday that will send a signal on which party, the pro-China Nationalists or anti-China opposition, has a cleaner shot at ...