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Opposition legislators in Taiwan overwhelmingly survived a major recall campaign on Saturday, in a result viewed as a public rebuke to President Lai Ching-te’s Democratic Progressive Party. While the DPP claimed China interfered in the vote,
Taiwanese voters have rejected a bid to oust about one-fifth of their lawmakers from the opposition Nationalist Party in a recall election
Votes favouring recall could shift balance of power in the parliament in favour of Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te
Outcome exposes public fatigue with ruling DPP and leader William Lai’s anti-Beijing rhetoric as a blanket strategy, analysts say.
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AFP on MSNTaiwan votes in high-stakes recall election
Taiwanese voters turned out at schools, temples and community centres on Saturday to cast their ballots in a high-stakes recall election that could give President Lai Ching-te's party control of the parliament.
The votes could reshape the island democracy's parliament and the government's approach to its powerful neighbor.
Taiwan’s opposition will keep its legislative majority in a blow to President Lai Ching-te’s Democratic Progressive Party, with voters overwhelmingly rejecting an attempt to recall 24 Kuomintang lawmakers.