Political Parties Formed at Taichung First H.S.|國內高中首例 台中一中可組學生政黨

The Taichung First Senior High School Student Association has passed political party establishment and management regulations to protect students' rights to join clubs. The regulations give all Taichung First Senior High School students the freedom to establish "student political parties" at the school. Since the regulations were announced on May 13, two parties have already been formed.


Taichung First Senior High School students have established two political parties with official party names, constitutions, charters and guidelines. The parties both plan to nominate candidates in student elections in the future. Taichung First Senior High School is the first school in Taiwan to allow the formation of political parties.

We formed this party with the hope of helping (other students) understand what socialism is and what its purpose is.

Two parties, "Taichung First Senior High School Socialist Party" and "New Taichung First Senior High School Party," were formed after the school's student association passed political party establishment and management regulations on the 13th. The regulations allow the formation of named student parties with seven-plus member registers and property registers and grant parties the freedom to openly discuss public affairs. School officials say they will respect the right of the parties to operate as long as they don't break school rules or espouse radical political views.

The parties are only open to our students and not to students from other schools or outsiders. This is part of our students' education on democracy.

The school says it is keeping an open mind about discussions on socialism and all this is part of democratic education and the autonomy of the student association. One political science expert says because students can't legally join actual political parties yet, the campus parties are actually more like social clubs.

They are called political parties, but operate more as social groups.

The expert says the Political Parties Act does not apply to campus political parties and it is good to see students showing interest in public affairs. However, students should keep their initial goals in mind as they participate in politics.



台中一中校內有政黨成立，不但有黨章和章程，連黨綱、黨章和政黨名冊都具備，未來還會推派候選人，參加校內學生會長選舉，台中一中創下首例，成了國內高中階段，第一個可以在校內組黨的學校。

台中一中學生會 韓同學表示：「(其他同學)對社會主義有些許誤解，所以我們希望讓他們了解，什麼是社會主義為宗旨，所以才去組這個政黨。」

台中一中學生會通過「政黨成立及管理辦法」，開放只要是中一中的學生，擁有政黨名稱、7人以上的黨員名冊和財產名冊，就可以組「學生政黨」，在13號公告之後，就已經有兩個政黨，包含「一中社會主義黨」和「新一中黨」，可以公開討論公共事務或主張。校方表示只要沒有明顯違法或過度激進政治主張，都會尊重。

台中一中學務主任 陳孟宏表示：「外校學生不會是黨員，外界社會人士也不會是黨員，也就是說，這是我們校內民主學習的過程。」

學校表示，學生政黨對於社會主義提出相關研究和討論，都予以開放態度，也視為民主教育一環；對於校務部分，則可以將建言匯集到學生會自治部。學者認為，因為學生還不到「政黨法」的法定年齡，這個校園政黨的性質，偏向社團。

東海政治系教授 胡祖慶表示：「它只是取名叫"政黨"，取名叫政黨而已的一個"社團"。」

政治學者指出，學生在校園組黨，和政黨法的規範不同，樂見學生對於公共事務增加討論，建議平常心看待，也提醒學生們應保持參政的初心及單純。