Chen proposes two new referendums - TW

By Caroline Hong
STAFF REPORTER
Monday, Apr 12, 2004,Page 1

In a surprise development, President Chen Shui-bian (???) yesterday announced at a rally in Tainan his intention to push through a new round of referendums at the end of the year.

After expressing gratitude to Tainan residents for their support in the presidential election, Chen proposed that a referendum be held on two topics -- whether or not to halve the number of seats in the Legislative Yuan and whether to establish a committee to review Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) party assets.

Proposed laws on both issues are currently stalled in bill form in the Legislative Yuan due to disagreement among legislators.

The proposed law to reduce the size of the legislature envisions cutting the number of seats in the legislature from 225 to 113 and would go into effect in 2007, but the bill failed to pass in the run-up to the presidential election last month.

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