Independent Kaohsiung councilor survives recall‘ENDING HATRED’: Huang Jie thanked Fongshan District residents for their support in the ‘retributive’ recall, calling the result a victory for democracy and pro-Taiwan forcesBy Jason Pan / Staff reporterIndependent Kaohsiung City Councilor Huang Jie (黃捷) yesterday weathered a recall vote to retain her councilor seat in Fongshan District (鳳山). Kaohsiung City Election Commission data showed that 65,391 people voted against recalling her, while 55,261 voted in favor. Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Legislator Hsu Chih-chieh, left, hands a tissue to independent Kaohsiung City Councilor Huang Jie, center, as the result of a failed recall vote against her was announced in Kaohsiung yesterday. KMT officials in Kaohsiung said that the recall motion failed because other political parties put too many resources into protecting Huang. Huang officially entered politics in 2018, when she was elected to the Kaohsiung City Council as a New Power Party (NPP) member.

Source: Taipei Times February 06, 2021 15:56 UTC