Opposition to “referendum linked to general elections”: People do not want to see a repeat of chaos in 2018 elections | Line Today

Lee Jinyoung said that in the 2018 nine-in-one election, 10 referendums were rigged, resulting in electoral chaos and widespread complaints. (Photo: Chen Kaiju)

Reacting to a Kuomintang lawmaker’s proposal to “ban referendums for general elections”, Central Election Commission Chairman Li Jinyong said today (the 4th) that “it is unacceptable” that 10 local election bans caused electoral chaos in 2018 and that the public should see a repeat of the 2018 election chaos. don’t want Xu Jinying, convener of the Legislative Yuan’s Internal Affairs Committee, said two public hearings will be held before the bill is reviewed.

The Legislative Yuan’s Internal Affairs Committee has reviewed draft amendments to some provisions of the “Referendum Law”, and others have proposed that the competent authority should hold a referendum within 1 month to 6 months after the announcement of the referendum. If there is a national election, , it should be held on the same day as the election, that is, “a referendum tied to a general election.”

Li Jinyoung said that in the 2018 nine-in-one election, 10 referendums were held during that time, resulting in election chaos and widespread complaints that the volume of electoral issues exceeded the capacity of the electoral body; “Referendum Law” was amended in 2019, the election and referendum have been doubled, and electoral matters will be very smooth. In addition to avoiding confusion between election and referendum matters, the electoral section will add voting booths, reduce the number of people in each polling booth, and circulation management. Emphasize.

Li Jinyoung gave an example that the United States has 4 cases per referendum and Mississippi has 4 cases as California. At times, the period of early voting is very long and all these rules are made to conduct the voting in an orderly manner

Lee Jin-yong said that he hoped that the ruling and opposition lawmakers would carefully review the issue as the people did not want to see a repeat of the chaos of the 2018 election.

Xu Jinying, convener of the Legislative Yuan Internal Affairs Committee, said the three parties had reached a consensus on the public hearing and would hold two public hearings before reviewing the bill.

Democratic Progressive Party lawmaker Li Boyi suggested that 2018 Kuomintang Taipei mayoral candidate Ding Shouzhong, who went through a referendum and an election, could be invited to attend the meeting because he lost because that year’s beneficiary was former Taipei Mayor Ke. Wenze “But he probably won’t be able to attend.” (Editor: Zheng Hongbin)