Recall activists enraged by KMT lawmaker’s comment
Recall activists enraged by KMT lawmaker’s comment
2025-04-28
With just 14 days to go, activists leading the recall campaign against KMT Lawmaker Liao Hsien-hsiang are doubling down against him. On Sunday, they criticized him for a statement he made in an appellation session, saying that residents in his constituency should be compensated as if the region were the final storage site for nuclear waste. Activists latched on his words, saying it’s beyond the pale that he would want to turn the region into a final disposal site, and as such proved himself an inadequate lawmaker that should be recalled.
Residents of Wanli, New Taipei are long plagued by nuclear waste from the Second Nuclear Power Plant. Although Wanli is only designated as an interim storage site, the lack of a final storage facility means nuclear waste is staying in the region indefinitely.
Liao Hsien-hsiang
Lawmaker (KMT)
In fact, our country still has not found a final destination for nuclear waste. As many of our residents see it, all the dry storage casks indoor and outdoor may never be transported out of Wanli. Considering that, our current subsidies cannot see Wanli as an interim storage site, because for the locals, the casks might as well be stored there forever.
Jackson
Recall campaign spokesperson
As the representative for this region, Liao Hsien-hsiang blatantly proposed that Wanli become the final destination for nuclear waste. He also claimed that many Wanli locals support his proposal. But we’ve asked many people on the ground in Wanli, and no one, absolutely no one, agrees with him.
The spokesperson for recalling KMT Lawmaker Liao Hsien-hsiang condemned Liao’s proposal to consider Wanli a final storage site for nuclear waste, which Liao said took his words out of context.
Liao Hsien-hsiang
Lawmaker (KMT)
They’re taking things out of context for their political agenda. If the country can find a location to serve as the final repository, then please, get rid of the nuclear waste in Wanli the soonest possible. If not, then the country cannot consider Wanli to be an interim storage site and not compensate our residents in Wanli accordingly.
This isn’t the first time Liao was lambasted by opponents. Earlier this year, his proposed budget cut of NT$160 million for a social housing plan in Xizhi, also part of his constituency was also controversial.
Jackson
Recall campaign spokesperson
When he cut the budget for the Baipaohu social housing plan, he arbitrarily acted on behalf of the people of Xizhi and cut the social housing funding for Xizhi. This time, he arbitrarily acted on behalf of the people of Wanli and proposed a final disposal site for nuclear waste. We must remove this unqualified legislator.
At present, more than 32,000 signatures to recall Liao has been collected, which is sufficient to hold a recall vote but still falls short of the campaigner’s target of 45,000.
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廖先翔：萬里可視為「核廢最終處置場」 罷團怒嗆不配當民代
2025-04-28
選區在新北汐止金山萬里的國民黨立委廖先翔，日前在立法院質詢語出驚人，說萬里既然是核廢料的"最終處置場"，要求國家應該給予鄉親合理的回饋金。此話一出讓不少鄉親不敢置信，罷免廖先翔團隊更痛批，沒看過這麼敢把核廢料放自己選區內的民代，呼籲大家趕快下架這種不夠格立委。
位在萬里的核二廠，核廢料問題讓不少在地居民很頭痛，沒想到自己的選區立委廖先翔，竟說要讓萬里變最終處置場。
[[立委(國) 廖先翔]]
“實際上我們的國家，並沒有找到最終的處置場，很多地方鄉親會認為，可能在他的有生之年，包括這些室外乾貯，室內乾貯，很多人認為就離不開萬里，我們的回饋辦法就不能夠用中期處置，因為對他們來說它是永遠放在那”
[[罷免廖先翔發言人 Jackson]]
“廖先翔身為這個地區的民代，卻擅自提出了核廢料最終處置場，他還說是很多萬里好朋友告訴他的，但是我們去實際訪問，蒐集了很多萬里鄉親，沒有人，任何人贊成”
發言讓罷團痛批竟敢提出要把核廢料放自己選區內，但廖先翔有話要說。
[[立委(國) 廖先翔]]
“這是一個政治性的斷章取義，如果國家找得到核廢料的最終處置場，請國家盡快將核廢料，移出我們萬里，如果國家找不到最終處置場，國家也不能永遠暫時，把核廢料放在我們萬里，而不給我們萬里鄉親，相對應的回饋金”
但廖先翔爆爭議早不是第一次，上會期，他就砍掉了自己選區汐止白匏湖社宅興建經費1.6億。
[[罷免廖先翔發言人 Jackson]]
“刪除白匏湖社宅的時候，也是擅自代表汐止人，就刪除了汐止的社宅(經費) ，這次他擅自代表萬里人，提出了核廢料最終處置廠，這種不夠格立委我們一定要下架他”
目前罷免廖先翔二階連署書已達3萬2千份，距離安全門檻只差2500份。
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