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Efforts to recall KMT legislators in Taipei by appealing to blue voters

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If you, like the rest of Taipei, were in Daan Park enjoying the beautiful weather over the weekend, you might have caught sight of protesters with signs calling for the recall of KMT legislator Lo Chih-chiang (羅智強) under the slogan “Reboot Daan” (which is a pretty clever English pun to use).

This close-up below shows more details:

大安強強滾
罷免羅智強！
羅智強 烙跑路上？
強強滾 連署路上！

Daan’s strongman has to go
Recall Lo Chih-chiang!
Lo Chih-chiang running wild in the streets?
The strongman should go, recall petition on the streets!

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Smear before bedtime in Taipei’s 8th electoral district 台北8號選區立委選舉抹黑戰爭

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As the legislative and presidential elections draws near in Taiwan, politics is in the air… and on buses and on every street corner.

If anyone missed the first part of the presidential candidate debate on Dec. 27, you can view Part 1 here:

The next one is on Jan. 2 at 2pm.

Meanwhile, in District 8, independent Lee Ching-yuan (whose KMT membership was revoked in July due to his opposition to then KMT presidential candidate Hung Hsiu-chu) is gunning for incumbent legislator Lai Shih-bao. He’s released two leaflets with the intention of smearing Lai, both on the basis of whether he’s actually living in the district and his alleged incompetence in dealing with food-safety issues surrounding the Ting Hsin oil scandal.

The first leaflet attacking Lai on the Ting Hsin scandal is below:

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The first page of the

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