Xie Hexian (right) failed to register to run for Taipei City Council, and his petition for leave was also rejected.

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[Reporter Zhang Wenchuan/Taipei Report] The Central Election Committee announced on the 14th the results of the review of candidates for the nine-in-one election. The artist Xie Hexian, who was registered to run for the Taipei City Council, was judged for violating the Drug Harm Prevention Ordinance, and the deadline for registration was confirmed. Hexian Xie was accompanied by a lawyer yesterday (18th) and went to the Taipei High Administrative Court to file a petition for leave. Beigaoxing ruled today that Xie Hexian’s petition was rejected and he can appeal.

Xie Hexian will file a protest at Beigaohang at 10 a.m. tomorrow morning.

In addition, Hong Bencheng, who registered to run for election in Changhua County's 5th Election District, violated the "Corruption Regulations". In 2003, the Changhua District Court ruled that he would be exempted from sentence. Since the sentence of exemption from sentence was still a guilty verdict, Hong Bencheng was determined by the election committee that he could not be registered as a candidate. , He also proposed false sanctions, and Beigao Bank today ruled that Hong Bencheng would be temporarily listed as a candidate.

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Regarding Xie Hexian, Bei Gaoxing pointed out that Article 26, Paragraph 4 of the Election Law clearly stipulates that the criminal sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment or more is determined.

According to the current practical opinions, the time point for judging the negative qualifications of a candidate for public office is the "end of the registration period", not the "announcement time".

Beigaohang pointed out that Xie Hexian had not paid all the fines for the drug case committed by the deadline of registration on September 2, which should be "not yet completed". It is not high. If Xie Hexian is temporarily allowed to run for election, it will inevitably interfere with the votes of other eligible candidates and affect the election results. After weighing the public interest, it is ruled to reject Xie Hexian's application.

Regarding Hong Bencheng, there is room for discussion on whether the people of Beigaohang will be deprived of their "life-long suffrage" due to the determination of the sentence for corruption. There are doubts about the unconstitutionality of Article 26, paragraph 2 of the election law. Hong's case has a chance of winning. , the collegial panel, after equitably considering human rights and safeguarding the public interest, ruled that the election committee should temporarily list Hong Bencheng on the list of candidates, and Hong Bencheng can participate in election activities as a candidate before the administrative procedures in this case are concluded.

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Hong Bencheng, who registered to run for election in Changhua County's 5th electoral district, filed a false punishment, and Beigao Bank ruled that he should be temporarily listed as a candidate.

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