TPP's Ko Wen-je Calls for Party Unity in Vote for Legislative Speaker
Taiwan People’s Party Chair Ko Wen-je has threatened expulsion for any of his party's legislators who step out of line in the decisive vote for legislative speaker.
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00:00 Taiwan People's Party Chair Ke Wen-je is calling for consensus in his party's vote for legislative
00:06 Speaker.
00:07 "If we don't have a united vote, we'll be disqualified from running for the party.
00:11 We'd better wait until next Monday.
00:14 The sooner the better.
00:15 At least we'll have time to think."
00:18 The TPP won eight seats in the legislature in the January 13 elections.
00:24 But with no party securing a legislative majority, the TPP's vote is critical in deciding who
00:29 the next Speaker will be.
00:32 Ke is asking the Kuomintang Speaker candidate Han Kuo-yu and the Democratic Progressive
00:36 Party's candidate Yoshihide Suga to clarify their stances on the TPP's proposals to reform
00:42 the legislature.
00:44 The newly elected legislature will open on February 1st, when it will vote for a new
00:48 Speaker and Deputy Speaker.