DPP Secretary-General Resigns After Recall Defeat

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The Democratic Progressive Party's Secretary-General Lin Yu-chang has resigned following the resounding failure of the mass recall campaign. Not one of the initial group of 24 Kuomintang lawmakers up for recall was successfully ousted. Seven more face another recall vote in August.

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00:00The secretary-general of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party has stepped down after the

00:04resounding failure of the weekend's mass recall campaign. Lin Yeocheng announced his resignation

00:11in a Facebook post Monday morning after the recall attempts against all 24 opposition

00:16Gormandang lawmakers failed. Lin said he takes full responsibility for the party's shortcomings

00:22and failure to meet public expectations. The recalls, which had the potential to shift the

00:27balance of power in the legislature, began as a civic-led movement, but the DPP later lent its

00:33official support. Another recall vote against seven more KMT lawmakers is scheduled in August.

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