The referendum on sea protection in Keelung was deemed not a matter of self-government. Mayor Xie Guoliang said in an interview this afternoon that he "does not accept it."

(Photo by reporter Lu Xianxiu)

[Reporter Lu Xianxiu/Keelung Report] The Keelung City Government passed the "Keelung Sea Protection Referendum" yesterday. The Central Election Committee believes that the referendum was rejected by the Executive Yuan as "not a matter of local autonomy" and cannot be amended. Keelung Mayor Xie Guoliang said, "It cannot Accept”, he believes that the Ministry of the Interior and the public election committee “confiscated” Keelung’s local self-government rights and local referendums, which is unfair to Keelung people.

Xie Guoliang said in an interview this afternoon that after review by the Keelung City Government, it was considered to be in line with the supplementary explanations for the first revision of the Regulations on Self-Government and in line with the regulations on local autonomy.

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He said that after the revision of the text, the scope of local autonomy is more clearly defined. There is no doubt about it. What is doubtful is why the Ministry of the Interior and the Central Election Committee restricted the right of local autonomy and confiscated the local referendum. It's not fair, he thinks that Keelung City is absolutely tenable in terms of legal principles.

The main text of the four-referendum referendum initiated by former Keelung City Councilor Wang Xingzhi was originally "Do you agree that the Keelung City Government should refuse to coordinate the Concorde Power Plant (including its subsidiary facility No. 4 Natural Gas Receiving Station) to reclaim land from the coast and sea areas of Keelung City", and amended the text "Do you agree that the Keelung City Government should refuse the Concord Power Plant (including its affiliated facility, the Fourth Natural Gas Receiving Station) to reclaim land from the sea in the "Keelung City Aquatic Animal and Plant Conservation Zone"?" The Executive Yuan has determined that it is not a local autonomy item, and the Ministry of the Interior also Reply to the Keelung City Government on December 16 last year.

The "Guard Waimu Mountain Action Group" that initiated the referendum stated that as soon as it receives the official document from the city government, it will start operations immediately, soliciting 500 "entity joint signature points" and "joint signature volunteers" in the city to fight for the referendum together.

Taipower Keelung Concord Power Plant plans to build a fourth natural gas receiving station in Waimushan.

(Photo by reporter Lu Xianxiu)

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