Taiwan referendum on reopening last nuclear plant fails | Taiwan
A referendum for the reopening of Taiwan’s last nuclear power plant, the President said that if the security standards recovery, the island could return to technology in the future.
On Saturday, supported by the opposition, Plebisit asked whether the Maanshan Energy Plant was not a security problem or whether it was “confirmed”. As the government moved to renewable energy and liquefied natural gas, the facility was closed in May.
The Little Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) proposed the referendum in the earlier this year and with the support of much larger Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan needed reliable power supplies and passed through the legislation for voting so that he would not trust imports.
According to the figures from the Central Election Commission, approximately 4.3 million people voted in favor of the re -opening of the facility in the referendum.
However, the movement needed the support of all registered voters – about 5 million people – to pass according to the election laws, ie the facility at the southern end of Taiwan would not be reopened.
The Taiwan government said there are great security concerns about the production of nuclear energy in Taiwan, which is prone to earthquakes, and to address nuclear wastes.
President Lai Ching-Te told journalists on Saturday evening, although the referendum failed, he understood that he understood “society’s expectations for various energy options”.
“In the future, technology becomes safer, nuclear waste is reduced and social acceptance increases, we will not exclude advanced nuclear energy,” he said.
On Saturday, with a separate vote, the voters refused to recall the seven KMT legislator.
A bigger remembering vote to try to overthrow 24 legislator from the same party failed last month.
The civilian groups carrying out the recall campaigns of Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) with the support of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) strongly accused the MPs of being very close to China and intentionally trying to keep government expenditures and legislation, and rejected the legislators.
