Political Developments: Petition to recall Han sent to Kaohsiung commissionBy Wang Jung-hsiang, Ko Yu-hao and William Hetherington / Staff reporters, with staff writerA petition to recall Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) was delivered to the Kaohsiung City Election Commission after reaching 400,000 signatures, the petition’s lead organizer said yesterday. Organizers of a petition to recall Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu link arms after delivering 400,000 signatures to the Kaohsiung City Election Commission yesterday. The groups yesterday met at the Kaohsiung City Government Fengshan Administration Center, and went to the election commission to deliver the signatures, Chen said. The city’s election commission is supervised by the Central Election Commission, Kaohsiung Information Bureau Director-General Cheng Chao-hsin (鄭照新) said. The Kaohsiung City Government would respect the Kaohsiung Election Commission’s authority in handling a recall, and would not interfere in the process, he said.

Source: Taipei Times March 09, 2020 15:56 UTC