Opposition Lawmakers Push Death Penalty Referendum Proposal Through Chamber

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Taiwan's voters will hit the polls in August to cast their ballot on the death penalty. That's after opposition lawmakers pushed a referendum proposal through the legislature on Friday.

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00:00Taiwan's voters will be asked to give their opinion on the death penalty in August.

00:06Opposition lawmakers pushed through a referendum bill on Friday on capital punishment.

00:10The bill will see the question, do you agree that a unanimous decision should not be required

00:16to hand down a death sentence in criminal trials brought to a vote?

00:20The main opposition, Kuomintang, supports the death penalty and wants to loosen restrictions

00:24on its usage.

00:26The KMT has another proposed referendum scheduled to go through the chamber, which lost voters

00:31their opinion on the use of martial law in Taiwan.

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