On behalf of Ouyang Canyue in Nantou City of the Kuomintang, he resorted to the strange trick of "resigning before taking office". Can the vacancy be filled?

It caused a headache for the Nantou County Election Committee and other related units.

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[Reporter Xie Jieyu/Nantou Report] Ouyang Canyue, a citizen representative of the Kuomintang in Nantou, was suspected of buying votes from voters at a price of 500 yuan per vote. For the crime of bribery, he was sentenced to 2 years in prison. In addition, he submitted a written resignation letter before taking the oath. Can those who lose the vote be replaced? It is also a headache for relevant public agencies and personnel!

In response to this case, the Nantou City Office and Nantou City Representatives said that the election bribery case involved by Ouyang Canyue, although the above-mentioned first-instance judgments were against him, can still be appealed. He lost his qualification as a civic representative because he was the first constituency to participate in the election of Nantou civic representatives. The Nantou County Election Committee, the highest authority in local elections, should explain to the outside world.

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The Nantou County Election Committee stated that the current Nantou citizen representative-elect held the inauguration ceremony on January 3 this year. Ouyang Canyue was the only one who did not attend, and also proposed in writing to renounce his representative qualifications. The situation of "resigning before taking office" is a special case that has never been seen before in the county. Although according to the relevant provisions of the oath regulations, "those who fail to take the oath in accordance with the regulations are regarded as vacancies", but can they be filled?

There is no further explanation in any text.

According to the local law, "municipal councilors, county councilors, and township citizen representatives who fail to attend regular meetings for two consecutive sessions can also be dismissed from their powers." However, the problem is that the regular meeting of representatives will be held for the first time in May If, before the second regular meeting in November, the meeting has received the court judgment that the party concerned is invalid or convicted of bribery, can it be based on Article 74, Item 2 of the Public Official Election and Recall Law? It is also difficult to determine the replacement of the regulations. Therefore, for the sake of prudence, it is submitted to the Ministry of the Interior and the Central Election Commission for approval, so that the committee can comply and ensure the fairness and justice of the election work.

Ouyang Canyue, the Nantou City Representative of the Kuomintang, has not yet been sworn in at the Nantou Citizens Representative Assembly, which has aroused the attention of the outside world.

(Photo by reporter Xie Jieyu)

Nantou County Election Committee considers the KMT's Nantou City Representative Ouyang Canyue's "resignation before taking office" as a replacement for the vacancy?

Please request the Ministry of the Interior and the Central Election Commission for approval of the letter.

(Photographed by reporter Xie Jieyu)