Taiwan's KMT faces reckoning as lawmakers confront recall votes

Voters could shift Taipei's political dynamics for ruling government

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Left, a poster advocating the recall movement is laid on the ground at a rally in Taichung. Right, KMT heavyweight and legislative Speaker Han Kuo-yu speaks at a rally opposing President Lai Ching-te’s leadership in Taipei on April 26. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by Thompson Chau, Han Kuo-yu Facebook)

THOMPSON CHAU

TAICHUNG -- Taiwan's opposition Kuomintang faced no-confidence recall votes on Saturday, marking the climax of a broad social movement to unseat 24 of its lawmakers, the first batch of a total of 31 targeted for removal.

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