Taiwan's Lien to Challenge Presidential Vote

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Taiwan's Lien to Challenge Presidential Vote
Mon Mar 29, 2004 02:25 AM ET

By Alice Hung
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's defeated presidential candidate, Lien Chan, was expected to file lawsuits Monday to contest the hotly disputed election, paving the way for a full recount that could ease a bitter political crisis.

President Chen Shui-bian narrowly defeated his Nationalist opponent by just 30,000 votes out of more than 13 million cast in the March 20 poll. An election-eve assassination attempt lightly wounded Chen and, Lien says, created a significant sympathy vote.

After Lien led half a million supporters in a protest outside the presidential palace Saturday, Chen said he would agree to a judicial recount and accept the outcome. He has asked Lien to formally contest the election in court.

Lien's lawyers plan to file two invalidation lawsuits with the high court, which could lead to a recount and possibly a new election if sufficient evidence is provided.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=4683297

[w4rma]

1. Keep fighting, President Chen Shui-bian! (nt)

[Democat]

2. Why didn't the Democratic Party didn't fight our corrupt election in 2000?

Never go down without a fight!

[sandnsea]

3. You mean file lawsuits?

Funny, I thought we did that. Silly me. I still have no idea what people think could have been done that wasn't done.

[Zynx]

4. This was not, to my knowledge, a corrupt election.

The KMT is corrupt beyond belief. People were found at their protest rally with money given to them by the KMT to attend to make their support seem stronger.

[sam sarrha]

5. it is a Maoist insurgency through the legal system, they better learn

more about what happened and is still happening in Tibet.... when the Chinese move in there... and are trying to over through the nation of Nepal also by force. See www.savetibet.org the continuing "Genocide" in Tibet is over 1 1/4 MILLION !!!!!!!!! over 20% of the total population since the illeagal invasion in 1959. thy get 2 years hard labor in proson for pocession of a photo of the Dalai Lama. and we black out the news to keep China looking good as a favored nation.

I doubt China will invade Taiwan because we would "Cancel" the 3 TRILLION DOLLAR DEBT they hold against us... China F'n OWNS US !!!check out Sun Zu's the Art of War. 'defeting an enemy with out conflict

there is no gas shortage.. only 'increased demand'.. China is building up to be the next and only 'superpower'. Steel prices are up 16% in the last few months.. it will soon be much higher.. china is building so much so fast they are now sucking the worlds reasources fast, but without any oversight ..the major cause of death in china is environmental polution, i hear over 20% of the polution in LA is now from china.
If you know what is good for you ... Learn To Speak Chinese:wow: :wtf:

[On the Road]

6. I Saw Some Coverage of the Dispute on a Taiwanese Network Last Night

My girlfriend translated a little of it, although she wasn't familiar with the specifics.

It's even more contentious an issue than Florida 2000. Partisan feelings between the blue and green parties are so intense that one of the commentators was suggesting that the Taiwanese need "a brother" to mediate the dispute and supervise either a recount or a re-vote. A "brother" in this case meant the US.

The idea of Taiwan asking the US to mediate an election is ironic. Where were they four years ago?