Citizen Congress Watch 公民監督國會聯盟(公督盟)

We lead efforts from the Taiwanese civil society to promote transparency and accountability of the Legislative Yuan to consolidate democracy in Taiwan.

[Citizen Congress Watch 公民監督國會聯盟(公督盟) @CongressWatchTW]

Through Public Relations Company 戰國策, Bytedance has been illegally lobbying legislators in Taiwan to support Tiktok.

#Taiwanpolitics #Legislativeyuan #Tiktok

[Citizen Congress Watch 公民監督國會聯盟(公督盟) @CongressWatchTW]

Taiwan is considering legislation for non-resident voting with the aim of enhancing democratic participation. Various methods like postal voting and advanced voting are being discussed, but concerns exist regarding China’s ability to influence the elections.
#VotingRights

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Three parties clash at Legislative Yuan meeting; food safety report gets pushed back a month as policy address and general inquiry continue.

#TaiwanPolitics #FoodSafety #陳建仁 #Chen Chien-jen

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We, as Citizen Congress Watch, believe that it is essential to publicly disclose the information of legislative staffers.

Click the article below to find out what should be done – and what you, as voters, must pay attention to!

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Although Taiwan has taken pride in our democracy in recent years, we must still focus on resolving the various parliamentary issues at hand to prevent such incidents from happening again.
https://t.co/o9ifNerAJI

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Japan, Taiwan parliament watchdogs ink cooperation MOU.

That is CCW!!!

https://t.co/kK7MavExIG

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Democratic Diplomacy, Civilian Relay
Taiwan and Japan organize an alliance to promote the Asian Parliamentary Monitoring Network!

[Citizen Congress Watch 公民監督國會聯盟(公督盟) @CongressWatchTW]

DPP candidate Lin Fei-fan has withdrawn from the legislative election as #MeToo continues. While he has not been accused of misconduct, as the head of the supervisory department he felt responsible for not properly investigating cases of sexual harassment. https://t.co/nH7rvkPKVr

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Women in government, including the legislator and Taipei city government, came forward with accounts of sexual harassment in Taiwan's growing #MeToo movement. The DPP has faced the most scrutiny, which may hamper their efforts in the upcoming election.
https://t.co/ACkQpVHTRQ

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Last Friday (April 28), the Legislative Yuan established the Taiwan-Ireland Inter-Parliamentary Amity Association to “promote friendship between Taiwan and Irish lawmakers.” https://t.co/8FNMtrltAj

[Sammy Obeng @SammyObeng]

At the invitation of @NDI, I join a Workshop on Public Debt Management & Legislative Budgeting, which has brought together Members of Parliament from #Ghana, The #Gambia, #Liberia, #Zambia, #Mozambique and #Kenya… /1

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The events they participated in were organized in cooperation and with the local support of the Taiwan Human Rights Think Tank, the New School for Democracy, and Citizen Congress Watch.

In these circumstances, as we said, we feel we are all Taiwanese.

[BitterWinterMagazine @BitterWinterMag]

Bitter Winter Goes to #Taiwan: Witnessing for #FreedomofReligion or Belief https://t.co/KX1QmzepxH A week of initiatives allowed #humanrights scholars from different countries and continents to discuss #religiousliberty throughout the world and in Taiwan.

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Legislative Speaker You Si-kun's (游錫堃) announcement the country’s president will address Taiwan’s legislature on April 25.

[Taiwan News @TaiwanNewsEN]

Guatemala's president @DrGiammattei will arrive in Taiwan on weekend
https://t.co/Ss7ydkW3si

[Taiwan News @TaiwanNewsEN]

Guatemala's president @DrGiammattei will arrive in Taiwan on weekend
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[Citizen Congress Watch 公民監督國會聯盟(公督盟) @CongressWatchTW]

The morning of Tuesday, April 11, 2023, Citizen Congress Watch hosted a press conference to announce the results of the legislator evaluation of the sixth session of the Tenth Legislative Yuan.

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4/10- CCW’s VP,James Kan, visited Soochow University to share CCW’s experience with evaluating members of the Legislative Yuan. At the same time, he promoted CCW’s board game, Congress in Taiwan.

[Citizen Congress Watch 公民監督國會聯盟(公督盟) @CongressWatchTW]

On April 6th,
Led by Dr. Tseng Chien-Yuan, chairman of the Citizen Congress Watch. a delegation of 14 human rights scholars from Europe and America visited Taiwan. During their first stop, the delegation met with the president of the Legislative Yuan, You, Si-Kun.

[Citizen Congress Watch 公民監督國會聯盟(公督盟) @CongressWatchTW]

https://t.co/rrbBCv0OP9

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…but it was also an invaluable opportunity to enrich the great friendship between Taiwan and Japan! (4/4)

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A while ago, members of the Japanese House of Representatives and of Councillors from the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, visited our office in Taipei. We want to thank our friends at the Asia Pacific Youth Association and 日本政情觀察室 for arranging this visit. (1/4)

[Citizen Congress Watch 公民監督國會聯盟(公督盟) @CongressWatchTW]

…both Taiwan and Japan as we are close partners in protecting democracy. Finally, we would like to express our heartfelt gratitude to our wonderful guests, as their visit is not only a recognition of Citizen Congress Watch’s work on parliamentary transparency… (3/4)