Voters in Taiwan reject bid to oust China-friendly lawmakers
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THE country's opposition lawmakers have survived a major recall election, thwarting a bid to oust one-fifth of the island's parliamentarians – a move supporters had hoped would send a message to China but that opponents called an assault on democracy.
The Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) yesterday criticized China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) for claiming that Taiwan’s ruling party was guilty of “political manipulation” and that it had lost public support.
An unprecedented vote to remove lawmakers from office could have handed President Lai Ching-te more power by ousting opponents. It didn’t.