After garnering more than 100,000 signatures, the petition against lifting the ban was this month filed with the Central Election Commission, which qualified it for a second round of signature-gathering. Meanwhile, the KMT is organizing a separate signature drive for another referendum, which would call on the government to take a more active stance against sources of air pollution. As a result, the air pollution petition has prominently featured KMT candidates who are running for mayor or commissioner seats in Taiwan’s hinterland, they said. KMT lawmakers are to hand in the signatures by the end of this month and the party expects to present 40,000 to 50,000 signatures to the Central Election Committee, KMT Culture and Communications Committee director-general Lee Ming-hsien (李明賢) said yesterday. In May, the KMT would carry the air pollution petition to its second-round and aims to garner 600,000 signatures before formalizing it as a ballot measure, he said.

Source: Taipei Times March 26, 2018 15:56 UTC