A new session of Taiwan's Parliament and Legislative Yuan, which was re-elected in January, began on February 1st, with Han Yu of the main opposition party, the Kuomintang, elected as its president. The opposition party will take control of the Legislative Yuan, which deliberates on bills and budget proposals, and Kiyonori Lai, the next president of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party who will take office in May, is likely to be forced to manage a difficult government.
On January 13, Taiwan held an election for the Legislative Yuan at the same time as the presidential election, and the 113 members of the Legislative Council were elected.
On the 1st, the first day of the new session, the president of the House, who will be the chairperson, was elected. Mr. Yu Seok Kong* from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, which has 51 seats, Mr. Han Yu from the largest opposition party, the Kuomintang Party, which has 52 seats, and Mr. Han Yu from the opposition party, which has 8 seats. Three people, Mr. Huang Sansan, ran for office from two parties, the People's Party.
In the first round, none of the three candidates received the 57 votes needed to be elected, so a run-off election was held between Mr. Han, who came in first place, and Mr. You, who came in second place, with Mr. Han gaining 54 votes and becoming the hospital director. Selected.
Mr. You received 51 votes, and the People's Party did not vote for either Mr. Han or Mr. You.
Mr. Han is 66 years old.
In 2019, while he was serving as Kaohsiung's mayor, Chinese President Xi Jinping caused controversy by visiting a Chinese government branch in Hong Kong as he advocated the unification of Taiwan under the "one country, two systems" principle.
While still serving as mayor, he ran as a candidate for the Kuomintang Party in the 2020 presidential election, but lost to the Democratic Progressive Party's incumbent Tsai Ing-wen, who was seen as ``accommodating to China.''
After that, he was forced to recall the mayor of Kaohsiung and was asked to remove him from office, and as a result of a referendum, he lost his job, but he was elected in January's legislative committee election, ranking first on the party's proportional representation list.
The Nationalist Party will take control of the Legislative Yuan, which deliberates on bills and budget proposals, and Democratic Progressive Party President Kiyonori Lai, who will take office in May, will likely be forced to manage a difficult government.
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