00:00Disappointment for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party and elation for the main opposition
00:06Kuomintang.
00:08Twenty-four KMT lawmakers' seats were put to a recall vote on Saturday.
00:13All of them failed, marking an end to a historic recall campaign that could have overturned
00:19Taiwan's legislature.
00:21The DPP has been at odds with the opposition in the legislature since the last legislative
00:28election.
00:29While the party holds the presidency, it's the opposition coalition that's been calling
00:34the shots in Taiwan's chamber.
00:36Civic groups launched a months-long campaign to recall KMT legislators en masse, saying
00:42the party is too friendly with China, which claims Taiwan as its own.
00:47They targeted KMT heavyweights like legislator Wang Hongwei.
00:51After surviving her vote, she's called for a cabinet restructuring.
00:55Over on the DPP side, President Lai Qingde took to social media to thank civic groups
01:11for exercising their rights. He says there were no winners or losers in Saturday's recall election,
01:18and hailed the vote as a victory for democracy. The party says it will re-evaluate its methods,
01:23but that it remained united.
01:39For the public, those who support the recall are accepting Saturday's outcome.
01:44I think the first thing is to respect the
02:02It's quite important to me.
02:04We still need to work together.
02:05And I know many people are very difficult today.
02:07But I also want to tell you,
02:09at least we know that this fight is not bad.
02:13Then we will continue to work.
02:14There's no other one.
02:16After months of petitioning, campaigning and canvassing,
02:20voters have made their voices heard.
02:22With the opposition's control of the legislature here to stay,
02:45the question now is, can the ruling party find common ground with the opposition?
02:50Patrick Chen and Leslie Liao for Taiwan Plus.
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