CEC approves nuclear referendum, rejects other two

CONDEMNED: The KMT slammed the rejections, saying the CEC decided on behalf of 23 million people, while the TPP said it brought shame to Taiwan’s democratic system By Hsu Yung-ching / Staff reporter Add TT as Preferred Source The Central Election Commission (CEC) yesterday announced it has approved holding a referendum on nuclear power, but rejected proposals on caning and traffic fines.The Legislative Yuan on Aug. 14 approved three referendums: introducing caning as a criminal punishment, abolishing the government’s nuclear-free homeland policy and using traffic fines to improve road safety.The commission met for more than two and a half hours, and ruled that the referendum on caning did not meet the requirements of the Referendum Act (公民投票法), CEC Chairman Michael You (游盈隆) said. Central