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[Reporter Wu Zhengfeng/Taipei Report] Our country’s local public officials are elected every four years. If they are not elected as soon as possible, it will affect the political stability of the constituency. , the court shall conclude the election case within six months.

After a candidate is elected to public office, he will be able to participate in the political power. However, if the foundation of his election is unstable, and he is contaminated with controversies such as bribery and violence, his governance or political conduct will be exposed to illegal questions. Therefore, the Election and Revocation Law stipulates that election After a case enters the judicial process, regardless of whether it is civil or criminal, the courts of each trial level should conclude the trial within six months, and after the case is concluded, no retrial lawsuits should be initiated, so as to facilitate the settlement of disputes as soon as possible and stabilize the political environment.

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As for criminal cases such as election bribery, the court decides to use the second-level second instance or the third-level third instance based on the statutory punishment. The crime of bribery or inducement to vote by voters is punishable by less than three years, and the lawsuit of invalid civil election is the end of the second instance; Candidates or staking bribes are punishable by up to five years in prison and can therefore be appealed to the Supreme Court.

According to statistics from the Judicial Yuan, from January 2018 to October 2022, courts of first instance concluded a total of 457 election lawsuits (including invalid elections and invalid elections), and the average number of days for closing cases was 172.98 day, about 5.8 months, within the statutory time limit.

The Judicial Yuan stated that it is confident that all trial courts will be able to conclude election proceedings within six months in accordance with the law.