KMT Mobilizes Senior Figures for Anti-Recall Rallies Over Weekend

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With only two weeks until historic lawmaker recall votes, both the pro- and anti-recall camps mobilized over the weekend to rally people to their cause. The main opposition Kuomintang, which has two dozen lawmakers are at risk of losing their seats, brought together party heavyweights for a major rally.

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00:00Rally cries for a peer.

00:04Heavyweights from Taiwan's main opposition Kuomintang take to the stage to support lawmaker Li Yanshou,

00:10who is one of 24 KMT legislators facing a recall vote on July 26th.

00:16Standing alongside Li are legislative speaker Han Guo Yu, party chair Eric Zhu, and Taichung City Mayor Lu Xiuyan.

00:25Lu's presence here is significant.

00:27She's a rising star in the KMT, and over the weekend, she was called upon to rally for six lawmakers in three cities,

00:35all of them facing recall votes.

00:47The smaller Taiwan People's Party also stood with the KMT over the weekend,

00:52saying that the anti-recall movement symbolized justice for its former party chair and previous Taipei Mayor Ke Wenze,

00:59who is currently on trial for corruption.

01:02This is not only the same, Li Yanshou.

01:05It's the same.

01:06Ke Wenze is the same.

01:08He's the same.

01:09He's the same.

01:10He's the same.

01:11On the other end, pro-recall civic groups are also out in full force over the weekend,

01:18canvassing on the streets, urging people to vote to remove the KMT lawmakers.

01:22This was the penultimate weekend before the big vote.

01:35With the country's biggest-ever-recall elections coming in two weeks,

01:40the campaigning is reaching a fever pitch.

01:43Yi Sun Sun and Leslie Liao for Taiwan Plus.

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