Counter the referendum without receiving a vote? Gongdumeng: The blue and white base is greater than 30%, and there is still a risk of passing

The "Abolition of Non-Nuclear Homeland Referendum" was merged into the end-of-year general election vote. The "Don't Take the Referendum" initiative was launched on the Internet, believing that this would make it more difficult to pass the referendum and speed up the time for election voting and counting. In this regard, Zhang Honglin, CEO of the Public Governors Alliance, suggested today (4th) that everyone is still encouraged to get tickets, because the blue and white base is more than 30%, and there is still a risk of passing if you don't get the votes.

In the face of the Kuomintang's push to "referendum on abolishing the non-nuclear homeland", some people advocated on the Internet "not to receive the referendum". The reasons include: first, not receiving votes means not helping the blue-white nuclear power referendum. As long as there are fewer people, the referendum will be more difficult to cross the threshold; secondly, if you receive one less vote, the voting line will move faster.

However, Zhang Honglin said in an interview with this newspaper that after the "Referendum Law" was revised, the stipulation that the turnout rate must be more than half was cancelled, and was changed to the effective approval vote reaching more than 25% of the total number of voting rights, and the valid approval votes are more than the valid disapproval votes, which means it is passed. The total number of supporters of the Kuomintang and the Popular Party must exceed 30%. If everyone does not express their opinions, maybe 25% of the people will pass. Therefore, there is still a risk in advocating "not to receive a referendum".

As for "not receiving a referendum" to speed up the voting schedule, Zhang Honglin believes that everyone may be worried that the chaos in 2018 will happen again. However, after review by the Central Election Commission this year, only the "Abolition of Non-Nuclear Homeland" case is left to vote. There should be no more complicated situations like the 2018 referendum with 10 cases being voted on at the same time. This can eliminate the concerns of the year, so everyone is still encouraged to get a vote and express the true wishes and attitude of civil society.

Zhang Honglin also bluntly said that "abolition of the non-nuclear homeland referendum" is like taking off your pants and farting. Taiwan currently has no nuclear power at all. Article 23 of the "Basic Environmental Law" The article clearly stipulates that "the government should formulate plans to gradually achieve the goal of a non-nuclear homeland." This law is a declaration of principle and does not set any sunset clause. Nuclear power plants No. 1 and No. 2 have been decommissioned, the operating life of Unit 2 of Nuclear Power Plant No. 3 will also end in 2025, and Nuclear Power Plant No. 4 has been mothballed. Therefore, the prerequisite for the use of nuclear energy is that nuclear power is safe, or the construction of Nuclear Power Plant No. 5 continues.

Zhang Honglin said that if Taiwan does not plan a new nuclear power plant or restart Nuclear IV, the "referendum to abolish the non-nuclear homeland" is just a slogan. "Even if it is passed, it will have little meaning." It is basically a trick of the Kuomintang and the People's Party.