By Wang Jung-hsiang / Staff reporter, with CNALeaders of the campaign to recall Kaohsiung Mayor Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) yesterday said that they would launch the second stage of the recall process on Wednesday next week, aiming to gather 300,000 signatures in 30 days. The Central Election Commission on Friday last week announced that a petition to recall Han had collected enough signatures to pass the threshold for the first step of the recall process. In the case of Kaohsiung, with an estimated 2.28 million eligible voters, this works out to be 22,800 or more signatures. In related news, the Kaohsiung City Government yesterday accused writer Ku Ling (苦苓) of slander. “Since Han took up the position of mayor, he has saddled the city with NT$400 million in debt,” Ku said.

Source: Taipei Times January 19, 2020 15:56 UTC