The Internal Affairs Committee of the Legislative Yuan continued to review the draft revision of some provisions of the Law on the Election and Recall of Public Officials and other cases.

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[Reporter Lin Xinhan/Taipei Report] The Internal Affairs Committee of the Legislative Yuan continued to review the "Draft Amendment to Some Articles of the Law on Election and Recall of Public Officials". "Black, Gold, Guns, Drugs" and the clauses that those who have been convicted of crimes in relevant national security laws are not allowed to stand for election have all been passed.

After communication and coordination between legislators present and officials, there is still no consensus on other parts of the provisions, which are temporarily retained. Next week, the review of the "Draft Amendment to Some Articles of the Law on the Election and Recall of the President and Vice President" will continue.

The Executive Yuan’s proposal passed by the Committee today includes those who have been convicted of “black, gold, guns, and drugs” and related national security laws and regulations, “violating the minimum penalty of seven years or more, and sentenced to more than ten years of imprisonment.” "Confirmed", "Sentence of fixed-term imprisonment or higher is confirmed, has not yet been executed, execution has not been completed, during the period of probation, or the right to execute the sentence has expired due to the statute of limitations", are not allowed to register for election.

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Legislator Zhuang Ruixiong of the Democratic Progressive Party said that the general public has expectations for anti-gangsters, and expects that those who are eligible to run for the election will be clean. How long will it take to run for election again, for example, 10 to 15 years, before it can be accepted by society.

In this regard, Lu Qingyuan, Director of Civil Affairs of the Ministry of the Interior, said that after serving the sentence, he can run for election, not for life, and "black gold gun poison" does not mean that he cannot run for election if he commits every crime, but for serious crimes, such as, If you commit the serious punishment of "minimum basic punishment of seven years or more fixed-term imprisonment, and be sentenced to more than ten years of fixed-term imprisonment", you are not suitable for election.

In addition, Article 51-1 of the new article regulates the publication and broadcasting of campaign or recall advertisements by the media industry, which shall be verified and shall not be directly or indirectly commissioned by individuals, legal persons, groups or institutions from China, Hong Kong, Macao and foreigners.

Lai Jinjuan, head of the legal department of the Central Election Committee, said that it cannot be said that the phone number and address are fake, and that the phone number is empty. The media is obliged to verify the entrusted broadcast. need.

DPP Legislator Huang Shijie said that the principle is to know who is going to host the broadcast, avoid specific candidates or political parties, obtain unknown funds from foreign forces, and expand the power of the election. Open elections should not be secret support. To come out and be tested, the responsibility is on the people who "do these things", not the media.

The chairman of the meeting and the Kuomintang legislator Chen Yuzhen said that the bills and related provisions listed in the discussion items, except for the conclusions of the negotiations that were passed according to the conclusions of the negotiations, the rest are temporarily retained, and the undiscussed provisions will continue to be reviewed.