The Democratic Progressive Party Group of the Legislative Yuan held a press conference yesterday, emphasizing that it will study and propose the "Draft Amendment to the Election and Recall Law of Public Officials".

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[Reporters Xie Junlin, Huang Jingyu/Taipei Report] In response to social doubts about gangsters' involvement in politics, the Democratic Progressive Party Group of the Legislative Yuan held a press conference yesterday, emphasizing that it will propose the "Draft Amendment to the Election and Recall Law of Public Officials", which will involve "black, money , guns, and drugs" shall not be registered as candidates after the sentence has been determined.

Luo Zhizheng, secretary general of the party group, pointed out: "This is the highest moral requirement we have for politicians in the future, and it is also the lowest legal requirement."

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Luo Zhizheng said that the Democratic Progressive Party Group publicly appealed and demanded that the government must carry out a nationwide crackdown on gangsters, guns and drugs. This is an important act that can most immediately respond to public opinion and complaints.

Huang Shijie, deputy secretary-general of the party group, said that public officials possess relevant resources and considerable power. They should refer to the provisions of the "President and Vice President Election and Recall Law". within range.

In response to public opinion and public grievances, the Democratic Progressive Party calls for a nationwide crackdown on gangsters

Huang Shijie said that in the DPP’s nomination regulations for public office candidates, stricter moral standards are adopted. As long as they have been prosecuted for organized crimes, they will not be nominated. However, the law on the election of public officials involves constitutional suffrage. The law serves as a standard, and those who have been involved in organized crime, the hooligan inspection regulations, the drug hazard prevention regulations, the guns, ammunition and knives control regulations, and the money laundering prevention law have been convicted and sentenced, and they are not allowed to stand for public office.

Luo Zhizheng added that in promoting the revision of the law in the future, "black, gold, guns, and drugs" should be excluded from the candidate qualifications, and the self-regulatory committees, village chiefs, township mayors, and councilors should all be handled in the same way; as for the specific The terms and content will be proposed after detailed internal discussions.