【精英翻譯關注新聞】DPP pushes for special law to hold referendum on nuclear power plant－【精英翻譯】的部落格

DPP pushes for special law to hold referendum on nuclear power plant (2014/04/17)

The DPP wants to scrap Taiwan’s fourth nuclear power plant before it begins operations. On Wednesday, the party proposed new draft legislation that would lead to a referendum on the nuclear plant. The new bill would bypass Taiwan’s existing referendum law, which requires a high turnout for the vote’s results to be valid.

Work is nearly complete on the nuclear power plant and fuel rods could be installed as early as June 2015. The DPP wants to pass a special statute calling for a referendum on the facility. Former DPP Chairwoman Tsai Ing-wen backed the idea.

Tsai Ing-wen
Former DPP Chairwoman
A referendum is a road that has to be traveled, but it absolutely cannot be the deceitful referendum proposed by the Executive Yuan.

The Cabinet’s referendum question would ask voters if they agree to halt construction of the plant, figuring it will almost surely be rejected because of how the Referendum Act is written. Under the law,

at least half of all eligible voters must participate for the vote to be valid. All of the six referendums held to date have been rejected because they failed to meet the turnout threshold.

The DPP’s proposal would eliminate the minimum turnout requirement and have the result be decided by a simple majority vote, as was the case for a 2009 referendum held in Penghu County on gambling.

Ker Chien-ming
DPP Legislator
It would be decided by a simple majority, just like elections. You lose if you get one less vote.

The DPP hopes to send its bill to the Procedure Committee next week, but with KMT lawmakers holding a majority, the party may have trouble getting it through.

藍綠槓核四

終結核四，民進黨拋出將訂定"核四公投特別條例"，希望比照離島條例博弈公投，採用簡單多數決，排除現行公投法的雙門檻。

核四廠完工，預計明年六月就要裝填燃料棒，民進黨要求制訂核四公投特別條例，前黨主席蔡英文也力挺。

[[前民進黨主席蔡英文]]
“公投是必然要走的一條路，但是絕對不是我們行政院，現在提出來的這種欺騙性的公投”

將行政院提出「是否同意停建核四」的公投題目是為欺騙性公投，因為依據現行法令，公投要通過，得要有全國投票權人總數一半以上參與投票，至今六次全國性公投案，都在第一關就遭否決。

所以民進黨提出，取消參與投票人數的門檻，並且採用簡單多數，讓核四公投比照澎湖博弈公投的特別條例。

[[民進黨立院黨團總召柯建銘]]
“簡單多數，就像選舉一樣，輸一票就算輸”

民進黨最快下禮拜就會將核四公投特別條例送到程序委員會，只是，在藍委多數優勢下，要能順利闖關，恐怕很困難。