KMT seeks referendum on US porkAUTHORIZATION: The president has evaded legislative oversight by allowing US pork imports, KMT Chairman Johnny Chiang said, urging people to ‘take back the power’By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporterThe Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday said that it would start collecting signatures to initiate a referendum against the government’s decision to allow imports of US pork containing ractopamine. Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Chairman Johnny Chiang, front row center, is joined by party members in Taipei yesterday as he announces a referendum drive against the government’s decision to allow the import of US pork containing ractopamine. The proposed referendum question would read: “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 said. It is that US pork containing leanness enhancing additives harms bodily health,” she added. To hold a national referendum, a number equal to 1.5 percent of voters in the most recent presidential election must sign a petition supporting the referendum proposal.

Source: Taipei Times September 06, 2020 15:56 UTC