KMT plans major weekend pork referendum driveBy Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporterThe Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) plans to collect signatures on Saturday and Sunday at 159 locations nationwide in support of a referendum to overturn the government’s decision to allow imports of pork containing ractopamine residue, KMT Chairman Johnny Chiang(江啟臣) said in Taipei yesterday. The lifting of the ban on imports of pork containing traces of the animal feed additive took effect on Friday last week. Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Johnny Chiang speaks to reporters in front of a portrait of Sun Yat-sen at the party’s headquarters in Taipei yesterday. To be able to hold the referendum in August, the KMT must submit the petition forms to the Central Election Commission for review by March 21, he said. Under the act, Aug. 28 is the next possible date for a referendum in Taiwan.

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