Li Jinyong said that the "other public officials" stipulated in Article 30-2 of the "Public Official Election and Recall Law" are applicable to the election of the village chief. The scale of the election is different from that of the mayor. Can be held on the original date.

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[Reporter Huang Jingyu/Taipei Report] Due to the death of Huang Shaocong, a non-party Chiayi mayor candidate, on the 2nd of this month, the Central Election Committee immediately announced that a re-election for Chiayi mayor would be held and postponed to December 18th.

DPP legislator Wang Meihui said that if someone maliciously interferes with election affairs and registers candidates with poor health, it may lead to endless elections. If everyone criticizes it, we can discuss it again.

Due to the death of Chiayi Mayor candidate Huang Shaocong on the 2nd of this month, according to Article 30 of the "Public Official Election and Recall Law", "candidates for the election of regional legislators, municipal mayors and county (city) mayors shall For those who died, the Election Commission should immediately announce the suspension of the election in the constituency and re-election on a regular basis."

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Li Jinyong, chairman of the Central Election Committee, explained that since all election procedures need to be complete and complete, no process should be short. At that time, there were only 23 days left before the polling day on November 26, and the legal procedures could not be completed as scheduled, and the Central Election Committee and Chiayi After discussion by the Election Committee, they all felt that December 3 was not enough time for proper response. Due to the holding of local special examinations from December 10 to 12, voting rights must be considered. The election will be finalized on December 18.

Luo Meiling, a legislator of the Democratic Progressive Party, said that in this election, a candidate for the district chief passed away, but the election was held as scheduled. The election committee should clearly explain the reason to the public.

In this regard, Li Jinyong said that the "other public officials" stipulated in Article 30-2 of the "Public Officials Election and Recall Law" are applicable to the village head, and the scale of the election is different from that of the mayor. , so it can be held on the original date.

Legislator Wang Meihui pointed out that the "Public Official Election and Recall Law" stipulates that re-election must be held, mainly to prevent assassinations during the election process, but this time the Chiayi mayor candidate died of natural causes, not due to an assassination accident. Similarly, if a candidate dies, there will be a new election. If someone maliciously interferes with the election and deliberately registers a candidate who is in poor health, it may cause endless elections.

Hua Jingqun responded that if there are problems with this experience, or if there are criticisms in practice, they can of course discuss it again.