By Chen Wei-han / Staff reporterHawkish members of the National Women’s League yesterday called for a leadership re-election in a bid to oust league chairwoman Joanna Lei (雷倩), who has taken a more cooperative approach with the government amid an official investigation into the league’s assets. League members Pan Wei-kang (潘維剛) and Tan Hai-chu (談海珠) delivered a petition to the league’s headquarters in Taipei demanding that a new election be held by March 15. While the committee’s ruling was illegal, the redacted appeal document, which edited out evidence favorable to the league, made it inevitable that the league would lose the legal battle with the committee, Pan said. “The recognition of the National Women’s League as a KMT-affiliated organization did serious damage to the women’s movement,” Pan said. “We have to defend the league and [the memory of league founder] Soong Mayling (宋美齡).

Source: Taipei Times February 26, 2018 15:56 UTC