Political party in Taiwan
The
New Power Party
(
NPP
) is a political party in
Taiwan
formed in early 2015. The party emerged from the
Sunflower Student Movement
in 2014, and
advocates
for
universal human rights
,
civil
and
political
liberties, as well as
Taiwan independence
/
nationalism
.
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The party is a part of the political phenomenon known as the "Third Force" (
第三勢力
), in which new political parties, unaligned with traditional
Pan-Green
or
Pan-Blue Coalitions
, sought to provide an alternative in Taiwanese politics.
[8]
Nevertheless, the NPP's policies are very much aligned with and closely match the Pan-Green camp; thus the NPP cooperated with the
Democratic Progressive Party
(DPP) against the
Kuomintang
(KMT) in the 2016 elections, going as far as not to run in traditional KMT strongholds to avoid competition with the DPP.
[9]
The party works in tandem with a perceived generational shift towards Taiwan-centrism as the new socio-cultural norm.
[10]
The party was started by
Freddy Lim
, lead vocalist of Taiwanese heavy metal band
Chthonic
,
[11]
veteran activist Michael Lin, human rights lawyers
Lin Feng-cheng
[
zh
]
,
Chiu Hsien-chih
, and other prominent figures of the
Sunflower Student Movement
. Lim headed the party-building process, which saw the inclusion of
Hung Tzu-yung
, sister of the late
Hung Chung-chiu
, environmental lawyer
Ko Shao-chen
[
zh
]
, and author-activist
Neil Peng
into the party. On 12 September 2015, the NPP was officially formed with the election of
Huang Kuo-chang
as executive leader, heading a leadership team of six deputy leaders.
The NPP won five legislative seats in the
2016 Taiwanese legislative election
, three from constituency and two from party-list votes, beating out long-time third party
People First Party
. However, two of its legislators left the party in 2019. In the
2020 Taiwanese legislative election
, NPP won three party-list seats.
Platform
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The NPP aims to rewrite the
Constitution of the Republic of China
. The constitution operates under the assumption that the Republic governs all of China (including
mainland China
, which the ROC has not governed since 1949), to just refer to
Taiwan
.
[11]
The NPP supports the legalization of
same-sex marriage
and is generally in favor of abolition of
capital punishment
. The NPP also takes a more left-wing stance compared to the
DPP
on labor and welfare.
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History
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The party was established on 25 January 2015.
[12]
In the
2016 Taiwanese legislative election
, the first contested by the party, the NPP won five seats in the Legislative Yuan, making it the third largest party in the Ninth Legislative Yuan. Three of the candidates gained constituency seats and two were elected through the party list. Freddy Lim and Hung Tzu-yung left the NPP in August 2019, though both remained independent members of the Ninth Legislative Yuan and chose to align with the DPP. That same month, NPP legislator Kawlo Iyun Pacidal was suspended from the party. Kawlo, a party-list legislator, was replaced by
Jang Show-ling
in September 2019.
In the
2020 Taiwanese legislative election
, the New Power Party won three party list seats, which elected
Chen Jiau-hua
,
Chiu Hsien-chih
, and
Claire Wang
as legislators of the Tenth Legislative Yuan.
The party lost all its seats in the
2024 legislative election
, failing to reach the 5 percent threshold for the party-list seats.
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Leadership
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Secretary-General
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- Chen Hui-min
(25 January 2015 ? 1 March 2019)
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- Chen Meng-hsiu
(1 March 2019 ? 30 August 2019)
[20]
- Wu Pei-yun
(30 August 2019 ? 1 March 2020)
[21]
- Chen Chih-ming
(1 March 2020 ? 29 August 2020)
- Kao Yu-ting
(16 September 2020 ? 17 November 2020)
- Bai Ching-feng
(since 17 November 2020)
Legislative Yuan leader (caucus leader)
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Election results
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Legislative elections
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Local elections
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Election
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Mayors &
Magistrates
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Councils
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Third-level
Municipal heads
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Third-level
Municipal councils
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Fourth-level
Village heads
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Election Leader
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2018
unified
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Huang Kuo-chang
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2022
unified
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Chen Jiau-hua
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The New Power Party fielded 40 candidates for city and county councils across Taiwan in the
local elections of November 2018
. Sixteen NPP candidates for local office won.
[22]
The party nominated candidates for mayor and magisterial posts for the first time prior to the
2022 local elections
.
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See also
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Notes
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a
b
Lim and Hung left the NPP in 2019 due to disagreement with the central party leadership over cooperation with the Democratic Progressive Party.
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The NPP revoked Kawlo's membership after a conflict of interest scandal surfaced.
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Jang replaced Kawlo's seat.
References
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a
b
c
New Power Party Platform
(Chinese)
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a
b
"臺灣 靑年政黨 '時代力量'을 만나다. (Meet Taiwan's youth party, the 'New Power Party'.)"
(in Korean).
OhmyNews
. 2 January 2018
. Retrieved
2 March
2020
.
時代力量이 民進黨에 끊임없이 進步的인 목소리를 불어넣으려고 努力하는 理由이다. 特히 時代力量은 勞動·福祉·經濟 問題에 集中하고 있다. (The NPP is trying to infuse a constantly progressive voice into the DPP. In particular, the NPP is focusing on labor, welfare and economic issues.)
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"靑年政治 挑戰 '時代力量' 臺灣選擧서 突風 (The New Power Party, which challenges youth politics, is creating a sensation in Taiwan's elections.)"
(in Korean).
週刊京鄕
(Weekly Kyunghyang). 2 February 2016
. Retrieved
18 December
2020
.
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Lansford, Tom, ed. (19 March 2019).
Political Handbook of the World
. Vol. 1 (2018?2019 ed.).
CQ Press
. p. 321.
ISBN
978-1-5443-2713-6
.
ISSN
0193-175X
.
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Carin Holroyd, ed. (2020).
Introducing East Asia: History, Politics, Economy and Society
.
Routledge
.
ISBN
9781317409922
.
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"New Power Party announces leadership structure - Taipei Times"
.
www.taipeitimes.com
. 14 September 2015
. Retrieved
2016-04-06
.
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Horwitz, Josh (January 18, 2016).
"Taiwan's newest politicians include a rock star and an aboriginal activist"
.
Quartz
.
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"Civic groups voice support for 'third force' - Taipei Times"
.
www.taipeitimes.com
. 8 January 2016
. Retrieved
2016-01-09
.
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沒有符合條件的頁面
. Retrieved
2016-04-06
.
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permanent dead link
]
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Read, Graeme (April 11, 2019). "Sharp Power, Youth Power, and the New Politics in Taiwan". In Golley, Jane; Jaivin, Linda; Farrelly, Paul J; Strange, Sharon (eds.).
The China Story Yearbook: Power
(PDF)
.
ANU Press
. pp. 179?182.
doi
:
10.22459/CSY.2019
.
ISBN
978-1-760-46280-2
.
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a
b
Laskai, Lorand (2015-11-19).
"Taiwan's Newest Political Party Was Co-Founded by a Tattooed Rockstar"
. Foreign Policy
. Retrieved
2016-01-06
.
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"
'New Power Party' established, hoping to recruit 100,000 supporters"
.
focustaiwan.tw
. 25 January 2015
. Retrieved
2016-04-06
.
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"No party gets majority in Legislature; KMT wins most seats"
.
Central News Agency
. 13 January 2024
. Retrieved
13 January
2024
.
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a
b
"NPP legislator in west Taiwan county quits party over differences with former chairman"
.
Taiwan News
. 24 August 2020
. Retrieved
2020-08-25
.
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a
b
"Hsu Yung-ming quits NPP over corruption scandal - Focus Taiwan"
.
focustaiwan.tw
(in Chinese). 6 August 2020
. Retrieved
2020-08-25
.
- ^
a
b
"NPP suspends chairman over probe - Taipei Times"
.
www.taipeitimes.com
. 2020-08-03
. Retrieved
2020-08-28
.
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Shan, Shelley (5 November 2020).
"NPP's Kao Yu-ting outlines reasons for her resignation"
.
Taipei Times
. Retrieved
5 November
2020
.
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Gerber, Abraham (10 November 2015).
"NPP set to nominate fewer at-large legislative candidates than expected"
.
Taipei Times
. Retrieved
28 August
2019
.
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Gerber, Abraham (21 November 2015).
"New Power Party finalizes candidate order"
.
Taipei Times
. Retrieved
28 August
2019
.
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黃揚明 (28 February 2019).
"小燈泡?委任律師陳孟秀 任時代力量?書長"
(in Chinese).
Mirror Media
. Archived from
the original
on 1 March 2019
. Retrieved
28 August
2019
.
Alt URL
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"吳佩芸任時力秘書長 徐永明喊?8席不分區"
.
Taiwan People News
(in Chinese). 30 August 2019
. Retrieved
10 September
2019
.
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Cheng, Chi-feng; Liu, Chien-pang; Shih, Hsiu-chuan (25 November 2018).
"Smaller parties make ground in city, county councils"
. Central News Agency
. Retrieved
25 November
2018
.
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Teng, Pei-ju (15 June 2022).
"NPP nominates candidates for Keelung mayor, Pingtung magistrate races"
. Central News Agency
. Retrieved
22 June
2022
.
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