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Taiwan vote fails to unseat oppn’s pro-China legislators

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Taiwan opposition lawmakers survived a major recall election on Saturday, thwarting a bid to oust one-fifth of the island’s parliamentarians — a move supporters had hoped would send a message to China but that opponents said was an assault on democracy.

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All recall votes against 24 lawmakers from the largest opposition party, the Kuomintang, were rejected, according to live vote counts by Taiwanese media. The voting followed a campaign begun by civic groups.

The election result will come as a blow to President Lai Ching-te’s Democratic Progressive Party.

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