KMT referendum enters stage 2MARCH DEADLINE: The KMT is to set up collection sites nationwide and lawmaker Jessica Chen called for support for the signature drive to safeguard public healthStaff writer, with CNAThe Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) has begun to collect signatures in the second stage of its efforts to initiate a referendum opposing the government’s decision to lift a ban on pork imports containing ractopamine, it said yesterday. The referendum question would ask: “Do you agree to a total ban on the importation of pork and related products containing leanness-enhancing additives (ractopamine and other beta-agonists)?” the KMT has said. In line with the Referendum Act (公民投票法), the KMT in the second stage must collect the signatures of nearly 290,000 people, or 1.5 percent of eligible voters in the most recent presidential election, for the referendum to be held. Every KMT lawmaker would be responsible for collecting at least 1,000 signatures by the deadline, he said. KMT Legislator Jessica Chen (陳玉珍) urged the public to support the referendum initiative to safeguard people’s health.

Source: Taipei Times January 05, 2021 15:56 UTC