KMT Lawmakers Protest CEC for Claim of Forgery|中選會:藍3項公投連署 6成涉人工抄寫

The year-end election will coincide with referendums, while many political parties and civil organizations are busy gathering support and momentum, one proposal initiated by the KMT has been found with 60 percent of questionable signatures. The KMT lawmakers denied the allegation, and protested outside the Central Election Committee.


Members of the opposition KMT are protesting in front of the Central Election Commission (CEC). KMT Lawmakers have denounced the claims of CEC Chair Chen Ying-Chien. Chen said earlier that KMT's referendum proposals on reducing air pollution, banning food import from Japanese prefectures affected by nuclear disaster, and on banning coal-fired power plants include an unprecedented 60 percent of questionable signatures. The KMT lawmakers have demanded that Chen explain her claim.

The proposal must go through the due verification process, which is required by law. Regardless of how you verify the proposals, you can just make empty claims without proof. Secondly, we have applied uniform standard.

CEC Chair Chen Ying-Chien did not show up to explain her claim to the protestors. Instead, vice chairman Chen Chao-Chien tried to calm the situation. The CEC stressed that the proposals have been processed legally, and that they have the responsibility to verify the household registration of the signees on the proposal. If a proposal's signees were found to be dead, have moved abroad, or have signed multiple times, or if similar hand writings are found on multiple pages, with similar brushes, the CEC has the right to void the proposal for forgery. However, KMT lawmakers criticized the CEC for being highly subjective in their conclusion and for being politically partial.

The ink used in some of the signatures is not similar, it's the same ink. Is it illegal to lend your pen for your family members to sign?

KMT's referendum proposals have a lot of issues. Over 2 percent of the signees are dead, and they also changed the family status of some signees from divorced to married. If a proposal include forged signatures, they should be excluded.

The DPP lawmakers stressed that the CEC has the right to bring the issue to the Legislature if the KMT has indeed forged their proposals. On the other hand, KMT lawmakers insisted that CEC Director Chen Ying-Chien has made a subjective claim and should step down. Due to the large number of signees, the CEC will need to wait until October to hold a discussion on the matter.