China News Service, February 1 (Xinhua) According to comprehensive Taiwanese media reports, Taiwan's new "legislators" will report for duty today (1st), followed by the election of the head of the legislative body. Han Guoyu and Jiang Qichen, promoted by the Chinese Kuomintang, won the election and will serve as the principal and deputy heads of the new Taiwan legislative body.
Han Guoyu (right) and Jiang Qichen (left) take a selfie in the meeting hall. Image source: Taiwan United News Network
In the election for the head of Taiwan's legislative body, the first round of voting results showed that the Kuomintang's Han Kuo-yu had 54 votes, the Democratic Progressive Party's You Xikun had 51 votes, and the People's Party Huang Shanshan had 7 votes. None of the three received more than half of the votes, so the second vote was held at 12:30 noon. Second round of voting. In the second round of voting, Han Guoyu received 54 votes and was elected as the head of the legislative body.
In the election of the deputy head of Taiwan's legislative body, after two rounds of voting, Jiang Qichen won the second round of voting with 54 votes and will serve as the new deputy head of Taiwan's legislative body.
The Democratic Progressive Party's non-district "legislator" You Xikun failed to seek re-election as the head of the agency. He immediately issued a statement saying that he would resign as a "legislator" on February 2 due to personal plans. According to the Democratic Progressive Party's non-district "legislator" list, this seat will be filled by Wang Zhengxu, chairman of the Taiwan Cancer Hope Foundation, who is ranked 13th.
In this competition for the leadership of Taiwan's legislative body, the three major parties have sent their own candidates to compete. The Democratic Progressive Party has elected the current chief and deputy leaders You Xikun and Cai Qichang to seek re-election. Legislator Huang Shanshan was also recommended by the Kuomintang Party to run for the election.
There are a total of 113 "legislator" seats in Taiwan's legislative body. The Kuomintang won 52 seats in the election on January 13, the Democratic Progressive Party has 51 seats, the People's Party has 8 seats, and there are 2 "legislators" without party membership.