Presidential Impeachment Motion Fails; KMT Calls it a 'Mark of Shame'

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The Legislative Yuan voted on an impeachment motion against President Lai Ching-te on the 19th, which failed to meet the required threshold. A total of 56 legislators from the opposition KMT and TPP voted in favor, while 50 legislators from the ruling DPP voted against. The KMT later stated that Lai has become the first president in the constitutional history of the Republic of China to face a formal impeachment proposal and vote by the legislature, leaving a 'mark of shame' and criticizing him as a 'dictator president.'

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