The Executive Yuan Council will pass the draft amendments to the "Public Official Election and Recall Act" and "President and Vice President Election Recall Act" to add four major types of criminals: national security crimes, major crimes of "black gold gun poison", election bribery, and serious crimes. Cannot stand for election.

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[Reporter Zhong Lihua/Taipei Report] The Executive Yuan will pass the draft amendments to the "Public Official Election and Recall Law" and the "President and Vice President Election Recall Law", adding national security crimes, major crimes of "black gold gun poison", election bribery and serious crimes Severe punishment for the four types of criminals shall not stand for election.

And "Rubbing Yuanzai Tang" is not only not allowed to register as a candidate, but the political parties it recommends are also punished with consecutive sittings.

After the draft is sent to the Legislative Yuan, it is expected that this Council will appoint a committee and complete the revision of the law in the next session. It is hoped that the 2024 presidential and legislative elections will be applicable.

Article 26 of the Election and Strike Law includes the negative qualifications of candidates, which are added in the draft. Those who violate the National Security Law, the State Secrets Protection Law, the National Intelligence Work Law, the Anti-Infiltration Law and other crimes related to national security shall not be registered as candidates.

As for the serious crimes of "black gold, guns and drugs", including the Regulations on the Prevention of Organized Crime, the Law on the Prevention of Money Laundering, the Regulations on the Control of Guns, Ammunition, and Knives, and the Regulations on the Prevention and Control of Drug Hazards, they are also included in the articles.

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In addition, those who have committed crimes with the minimum principal punishment of 7 years or more and have been sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of more than 10 years; those who have not yet been sentenced to death, life imprisonment, or fixed-term imprisonment of 10 years or more shall be punished for such serious crimes. Candidates are also limited.

In addition, he has been guilty of "rubbing ball soup", election bribery, bribery elections, bribery in the elections of the chief and deputy chiefs of local councils, and bribery in the primary elections of various political parties. Registration is also restricted to prevent crimes Those who have been sentenced will obtain the status of candidates for public office through elections.

In order to prevent foreign forces from intervening, the law was amended to strengthen the real-name system for election recall advertisements, stipulating that in election recall advertisements, the publisher, funder, and other information should be included.

The media shall not accept election or recall advertisements commissioned by foreign countries, mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao residents, legal persons, groups or other institutions.

Since the current criminal law has very low penalties for operating election gambling tables or participating in gambling, this revision adds the crime of election and recall gambling. Participating in gambling can also be punished with imprisonment for less than 6 months, short-term detention or a fine of less than 100,000 yuan.

The draft also adds that during the period of election and recall, candidates, etc., who disseminate their own deep-fake audio and video on radio, television and the Internet, after applying for identification to the police, can provide identification information and ask the operator to stop broadcasting and correct it within 2 days of receiving the notice. Or remove the video and video from the shelves, and impose heavier penalties on those who disseminate the crime of electoral defamation.