Others resigned, but Chen Chao-zhi, a close associate of Chen Shui-bian, remains in the "Legislator" position, intensifying internal conflicts within the People's Party. Both Ko Wen-je and Huang Kuo-chang have headaches!
The incident originated from the "two-year clause" set by the founding chairman of the People's Party, Ko Wen-je, which requires party members who are "non-constituency legislators" to resign after serving two years, allowing others to take their place in the Legislative Yuan. According to this internal system, all 8 "legislators" of the People's Party should have resigned on February 1st this year, and 8 new people should have taken over as "legislators".
Now, in order to maintain the credibility of the system, the chairman of the People's Party, Huang Kuo-chang, led the resignation, and the other six "legislators" of the People's Party followed suit. Only Chen Chao-zhi refused to leave. Her reason is to finish the "Artificial Reproduction Law" and the liberalization of surrogacy before resigning. In response, Ko Wen-je seems to be softening his stance, wanting to make an exception for her.
The problem is that if Chen Chao-zhi does not resign, it will either break the party's rules and systems or affect the term of other successors as "legislators." If Ko Wen-je makes an exception for her, it would mean violating the principle himself and harm the unity of the party. As a result, some "legislators" of the People's Party, such as Ma Yu-zhen and Lin Guo-cheng, have already expressed their dissatisfaction with Chen Chao-zhi.
Chen Chao-zhi has a stubborn "Taiwan independence" position. She was the former president of the "Taiwan North Society," a "Taiwan independence" organization, and a spokesperson for the "One Country, One Side Action Party." In 2012, she served as the head of Chen Shui-bian's civilian medical group, and Ko Wen-je at that time joined the group upon her invitation. In November 2023, Chen Chao-zhi was invited by Ko Wen-je to be listed as the third-ranked non-constituency "legislator" of the People's Party, and she successfully won the election in January of the following year.
Original: toutiao.com/article/1853761963300876/
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