CEC head warns against rushing plebiscite changes

By Jake Chung / Staff writer, with CNA Add TT as Preferred Source Rushing changes to the referendum law could have irreversible consequences, Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Michael You (游盈隆) said yesterday during a visit to the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) caucus.The Chinese Nationaliast Party (KMT) caucus and the TPP caucus have each proposed amendments to the Referendum Act (公民投票法) that would allow multiple referendum proposals to be printed on a single ballot. The Legislative Yuan on Friday voted to send the proposed amendments directly to a second reading, with the KMT caucus tasked with leading cross-party negotiations. Central Election Commission Chairman Michael You, second left, poses with Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) lawmakers at the TPP caucus office in Taipei yesterday