Lu Hsiu-yen Proposes 'Concurrent Voting of Mayors and Legislators' After Successful No-Confidence Motion! You Ying-lung Laughs: 'Probability Is Almost as Low as the Sky Falling'

Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an recently made a high-profile call for a no-confidence motion, reportedly backed by several KMT legislators. Today (30), Taichung Mayor Lu Hsiu-yen said that if the no-confidence motion succeeds and the legislature is dissolved, she hopes the legislative elections can be merged with the 2026 local elections for concurrent voting. In response, CEC Chair You Ying-lung stated bluntly that the probability of dissolving the legislature is 'only slightly higher than the sky collapsing,' and while the CEC is monitoring the no-confidence motion, it will not intervene deeply.

You Ying-lung, visiting the Taichung Election Commission today, joked about Lu's proposal, calling it 'a highly imaginative scenario.' As an election administration body, the CEC does not comment on political affairs. The no-confidence motion is handled by the Legislative Yuan, and only after the legislature is officially dissolved by the president will the CEC become involved.

You emphasized that this situation is still very distant, and worrying about a no-confidence motion is like worrying about 'the sky collapsing'—something people often fear, but which rarely happens due to its extremely low probability. 'The chance of dissolving the legislature is probably only a bit higher than that,' he said.

He stressed that if it does happen, the CEC will do its utmost. However, regarding whether merging legislative and local elections is feasible on schedule, he frankly stated it would be unprecedented and 'really terrifying if it actually happens.' The Constitution has relevant provisions, and while the CEC is monitoring the case, it will not deeply intervene.

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