00:00Four local leaders of the main opposition, Kuomintang, now wanted by prosecutors for
00:05alleged involvement in signature fraud. It's part of investigations into misconduct in
00:10mass recall campaigns in Taiwan, campaigns sparked by bitter conflict and deadlock in
00:15the opposition-controlled legislature. Senior KMT officials, including the party's
00:22chair, Eric Zhu, called for this protest against the four's potential detention outside the
00:27prosecutor's office Thursday night. They say these investigations are unreasonable.
00:32Taipei mayor and KMC member Jiang Wanan called out what he says is bias for the ruling Democratic
00:38Progressive Party within the prosecutor's office.
00:57On Friday morning, the premier responding to Jiang's calls to oust the cabinet.
01:10A vote of no confidence in the premier would require support from half of the legislature,
01:24where opposition parties hold a slight majority. But the legality of Thursday's protest is being
01:29called into question, with the interior minister calling for an investigation.
01:45As recall campaigns to oust both KMT and DPP legislators advance, analysts say this political
01:52storm has been a long time coming.
01:54This confluence, which the KMT returned to power in the legislature, but does not hold the presidency,
02:00but also experienced then successive defeats in all these presidential election campaigns,
02:04that I think is what led to its attempts to expand legislative powers last year,
02:08then to freeze the Supreme Court, and then to then in fact cut the budget so drastically.
02:14So now we're seeing this play out again electorally in terms of recalls.
02:18The KMT is calling for another rally outside the presidential office on April 26th to call
02:24for a vote of no confidence in President Lai Ching-de. And as political parties get more involved
02:29in these civic-led recall campaigns, it's a time of reckoning for lawmakers and their parties.
02:36Justin Wu and Tiffany Wong for Taiwan Plus.
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