The New Power Party (NPP) is a political party in Taiwan formed in early 2015. The party emerged from the Sunflower Student Movement in 2014, and advocates for universal human rights, civil and political liberties, as well as Taiwan independence/nationalism.[1][6][7] The party is a part of the political phenomenon known as the "Third Force" (第三勢力), in which new political parties, unaligned with traditional Pan-Green or Pan-Blue Coalitions, sought to provide an alternative in Taiwanese politics.[8] Nevertheless, the NPP's policies are very much aligned with and closely match the Pan-Green camp; thus the NPP cooperated with the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) against the Kuomintang (KMT) in the 2016 elections, going as far as not to run in traditional KMT strongholds to avoid competition with the DPP.[9] The party works in tandem with a perceived generational shift towards Taiwan-centrism as the new socio-cultural norm.[10]
The party was started by Freddy Lim, lead vocalist of Taiwanese heavy metal band Chthonic,[11] veteran activist Michael Lin, human rights lawyers Lin Feng-cheng [zh], Chiu Hsien-chih, and other prominent figures of the Sunflower Student Movement. Lim headed the party-building process, which saw the inclusion of Hung Tzu-yung, sister of the late Hung Chung-chiu, environmental lawyer Ko Shao-chen [zh], and author-activist Neil Peng into the party. On 12 September 2015, the NPP was officially formed with the election of Huang Kuo-chang as executive leader, heading a leadership team of six deputy leaders.
The NPP aims to rewrite the Constitution of the Republic of China. The constitution operates under the assumption that the Republic governs all of China (including mainland China, which the ROC has not governed since 1949), to just refer to Taiwan.[11]
The party was established on 25 January 2015.[12] In the 2016 Taiwan legislative election, the first contested by the party, the NPP won five seats in the Legislative Yuan, making it the third largest party in the Ninth Legislative Yuan. Three of the candidates gained constituency seats and two were elected through the party list. Freddy Lim and Hung Tzu-yung left the NPP in August 2019, though both remained independent members of the Ninth Legislative Yuan and chose to align with the DPP. That same month, NPP legislator Kawlo Iyun Pacidal was suspended from the party. Kawlo, a party-list legislator, was replaced by Jang Show-ling in September 2019.
The New Power Party fielded 40 candidates for city and county councils across Taiwan in the local elections of November 2018. Sixteen NPP candidates for local office won.[21]
The party nominated candidates for mayor and magisterial posts for the first time prior to the 2022 local elections.[22]
^ ab"대만 청년정당 '시대역량'을 만나다. (Meet Taiwan's youth party, the 'New Power Party'.)" (in Korean). OhmyNews. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 2 March 2020. 시대역량이 민진당에 끊임없이 진보적인 목소리를 불어넣으려고 노력하는 이유이다. 특히 시대역량은 노동·복지·경제 문제에 집중하고 있다. (The NPP is trying to infuse a constantly progressive voice into the DPP. In particular, the NPP is focusing on labor, welfare and economic issues.)
^"청년정치 도전 '시대역량' 대만선거서 돌풍 (The New Power Party, which challenges youth politics, is creating a sensation in Taiwan's elections.)" (in Korean). 주간경향(Weekly Kyunghyang). 2 February 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
^Lansford, Tom, ed. (19 March 2019). Political Handbook of the World. Vol. 1 (2018–2019 ed.). CQ Press. p. 321. ISBN978-1-5443-2713-6. ISSN 0193-175X.
^Carin Holroyd, ed. (2020). Introducing East Asia: History, Politics, Economy and Society. Routledge. ISBN9781317409922.
^"New Power Party announces leadership structure - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
^Taiwan's newest politicians include a rock star and an aboriginal activist
^"Civic groups voice support for 'third force' - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. 8 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-09.
^Read, Graeme (April 11, 2019). "Sharp Power, Youth Power, and the New Politics in Taiwan". In Golley, Jane; Jaivin, Linda; Farrelly, Paul J; Strange, Sharon (eds.). The China Story Yearbook: Power(PDF). ANU Press. pp. 179–182. doi:10.22459/CSY.2019. ISBN978-1-760-46280-2.
^ abLaskai, Lorand (2015-11-19). "Taiwan's Newest Political Party Was Co-Founded by a Tattooed Rockstar". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
^"'New Power Party' established, hoping to recruit 100,000 supporters". focustaiwan.tw. 25 January 2015. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
^ ab"NPP legislator in west Taiwan county quits party over differences with former chairman". Taiwan News. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
^ ab"Hsu Yung-ming quits NPP over corruption scandal - Focus Taiwan". focustaiwan.tw (in Chinese). 6 August 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
^Shan, Shelley (5 November 2020). "NPP's Kao Yu-ting outlines reasons for her resignation". Taipei Times. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
^Gerber, Abraham (10 November 2015). "NPP set to nominate fewer at-large legislative candidates than expected". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
^Gerber, Abraham (21 November 2015). "New Power Party finalizes candidate order". Taipei Times. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
^黃揚明 (28 February 2019). (in Chinese). Mirror Media. Archived from the original on 1 March 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019. Alt URL
^"吳佩芸任時力秘書長 徐永明喊拚8席不分區". Taiwan People News (in Chinese). 30 August 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
^Cheng, Chi-feng; Liu, Chien-pang; Shih, Hsiu-chuan (25 November 2018). "Smaller parties make ground in city, county councils". Central News Agency. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
^Teng, Pei-ju (15 June 2022). "NPP nominates candidates for Keelung mayor, Pingtung magistrate races". Central News Agency. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
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Not to be confused with the New Party The New Power Party NPP is a political party in Taiwan formed in early 2015 The party emerged from the Sunflower Student Movement in 2014 and advocates for universal human rights civil and political liberties as well as Taiwan independence nationalism 1 6 7 The party is a part of the political phenomenon known as the Third Force 第三勢力 in which new political parties unaligned with traditional Pan Green or Pan Blue Coalitions sought to provide an alternative in Taiwanese politics 8 Nevertheless the NPP s policies are very much aligned with and closely match the Pan Green camp thus the NPP cooperated with the Democratic Progressive Party DPP against the Kuomintang KMT in the 2016 elections going as far as not to run in traditional KMT strongholds to avoid competition with the DPP 9 The party works in tandem with a perceived generational shift towards Taiwan centrism as the new socio cultural norm 10 New Power Party 時代力量LeaderClaire WangSecretaryBai Ching feng zh Policy making CommitteeFull list Chen Jiau huaClaire WangChiu Hsien chihLin Yu kai zh Chen Wei chung zh Wu Wei ta zh Wu Pei yun zh Bai Ching feng zh Chang Wei hang zh Lai Chia lun zh Peng Sheng shao zh Chien Chih hsiang zh Lin Yu ting zh Liao Tzu chi zh Chen Meng hsiuFounded25 January 2015HeadquartersTaipei City TaiwanIdeologyTaiwanese nationalism 1 Taiwanese independence 1 Progressivism Taiwanese 2 Youth politics 3 Political positionCenter left 4 5 Colours Yellow blackLegislative Yuan3 113Municipal mayors0 6Magistrates mayors0 16Councillors6 910Township city mayors0 204Websitewww newpowerparty twPolitics of TaiwanPolitical partiesElectionsNew Power PartyTraditional Chinese時代力量Literal meaningPower of the EraTranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinShidai LiliangHakkaPha k fa sṳSṳ thoi Li t liongYue CantoneseJyutpingSi4doi6 Lik6loeng6Southern MinHokkien POJSi tai Le k liōngThe party was started by Freddy Lim lead vocalist of Taiwanese heavy metal band Chthonic 11 veteran activist Michael Lin human rights lawyers Lin Feng cheng zh Chiu Hsien chih and other prominent figures of the Sunflower Student Movement Lim headed the party building process which saw the inclusion of Hung Tzu yung sister of the late Hung Chung chiu environmental lawyer Ko Shao chen zh and author activist Neil Peng into the party On 12 September 2015 the NPP was officially formed with the election of Huang Kuo chang as executive leader heading a leadership team of six deputy leaders The NPP won five legislative seats in the 2016 Taiwanese legislative election three from constituency and two from party list votes beating out long time third party People First Party However two of its legislators left the party in 2019 In the 2020 Taiwanese legislative election NPP won three party list seats Contents 1 Platform 2 History 3 Leadership 3 1 Secretary General 3 2 Legislative Yuan leader caucus leader 4 Election results 4 1 Legislative elections 4 2 Local elections 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External linksPlatform editThe NPP aims to rewrite the Constitution of the Republic of China The constitution operates under the assumption that the Republic governs all of China including mainland China which the ROC has not governed since 1949 to just refer to Taiwan 11 The NPP supports the legalization of same sex marriage and is generally in favor of abolition of capital punishment citation needed The NPP also takes a more left wing stance compared to the DPP on labor and welfare 2 History editThe party was established on 25 January 2015 12 In the 2016 Taiwan legislative election the first contested by the party the NPP won five seats in the Legislative Yuan making it the third largest party in the Ninth Legislative Yuan Three of the candidates gained constituency seats and two were elected through the party list Freddy Lim and Hung Tzu yung left the NPP in August 2019 though both remained independent members of the Ninth Legislative Yuan and chose to align with the DPP That same month NPP legislator Kawlo Iyun Pacidal was suspended from the party Kawlo a party list legislator was replaced by Jang Show ling in September 2019 In the 2020 Taiwan legislative election the New Power Party won three party list seats which elected Chen Jiau hua Chiu Hsien chih and Claire Wang as legislators of the Tenth Legislative Yuan Leadership editOrder Term Executive Leader Deputy Team Leader Leadership Team Assumed office Left office1 1 nbsp Freddy Lim Lin Feng cheng zh Freddy LimNeil PengHsu Yung mingLin Feng cheng zh Michael Lin zh Huang Hsiu chen 黃秀禎 25 January 2015 2 July 20152 nbsp Huang Kuo chang 2 July 2015 25 March 20162 Freddy LimKo I chen zh Kawlo Iyun PacidalLin Feng cheng zh Michael Lin zh 25 March 2016 January 20193 3 nbsp Chiu Hsien chih Ko I chen zh Chiu Hsien chih Freddy LimHung Tzu yungKo I chen zh Lin Yu kai zh Kawlo Iyun PacidalChen Hui minLee Bo yi 李柏毅 Chen Wei chung zh Sabrina Lim zh Chen Chih ming zh Tseng Wen hsueh 曾玟學 13 Hsu Yung ming 14 Lin Yi yingHsiao Hsin cheng zh Tseng Wei kai 1 March 2019 Freddy Lim left the party on 1 August 2019 Chiu resigned as party chief on 12 August 2019 Hung left the party on 13 August 2019 Kawlo s party membership was revoked on 2 September 2019 4 nbsp Hsu Yung ming 21 August 2019 Sabrina Lim 林亮君 left the party on 11 November 2019 Hsu was suspended on 1 August 2020 15 with Chiu Hsien chih taking over as acting party chief 5 nbsp Chiu Hsien chih 1 August 2020 acting 15 Hsu resigned from the party 14 on 5 August 2020 Chiu Hsien chih later announced the whole committee has resigned for new election Tseng Wen hsueh resigned from the party 13 on 23 August 2020 6 nbsp Kao Yu ting Claire WangKao Yu tingChiu Hsien chihChen Jiau huaLin Yu kai zh Lin Chia wei zh Chang Wei hang zh Chien Chih hsiang zh Wu Wei ta zh Bai Ching feng zh Sung Kuo ting zh Peng Sheng shao zh Li Chao li zh Lin Yi yingLin Yen fu zh Liu yuh sien zh Tseng Wei kai 29 August 2020 Kao resigned as party chief and executive council on 17 November 2020 16 7 nbsp Chen Jiau hua 17 November 20204 Chen Jiau huaClaire WangChiu Hsien chihLin Yu kai zh Chen Wei chung zh Wu Wei ta zh Wu Pei yun zh Bai Ching feng zh Chang Wei hang zh Lai Chia lun zh Peng Sheng shao zh Chien Chih hsiang zh Lin Yu ting zh Liao Tzu chi zh Chen Meng hsiu 1 March 2021Secretary General edit Chen Hui min 25 January 2015 1 March 2019 17 18 Chen Meng hsiu 1 March 2019 30 August 2019 19 Wu Pei yun 30 August 2019 1 March 2020 20 Chen Chih ming 1 March 2020 29 August 2020 Kao Yu ting 16 September 2020 17 November 2020 Bai Ching feng since 17 November 2020 Legislative Yuan leader caucus leader edit Hsu Yung ming 1 February 2016 10 September 2019 Huang Kuo chang 10 September 2019 31 January 2020 Chiu Hsien chih since 1 February 2020 Election results editLegislative elections edit Election Total seats won Total votes party list Vote share party list Change Election leader Status President2016 5 113 744 315 6 11 nbsp 5 seats Huang Kuo chang 3rd Party Tsai Ing wen nbsp 2020 3 113 1 098 100 7 75 nbsp 2 seats Hsu Yung ming 4th Party Tsai Ing wen nbsp Name Constituency TermFreddy Lim 林昶佐 Taipei 5 2016 2019 a Huang Kuo chang 黃國昌 New Taipei 12 2016 2020Hung Tzu yung 洪慈庸 Taichung 3 2016 2019 a Kawlo Iyun Pacidal 高潞 以用 巴魕剌 Proportional Representation 2016 2019 b Hsu Yung ming 徐永明 Proportional Representation 2016 2020Jang Show ling 鄭秀玲 Proportional Representation 2019 2020 c Chen Jiau hua 陳椒華 Proportional Representation 2020 2024Chiu Hsien chih 邱顯智 Proportional Representation 2020 2024Claire Wang 王婉諭 Proportional Representation 2020 2024Local elections edit Election Mayors amp Magistrates Councils Third levelMunicipal heads Third levelMunicipal councils Fourth levelVillage heads Election Leader2018unified 0 22 16 912 0 204 0 2 148 1 7 744 Huang Kuo chang2022unified 0 22 6 910 0 204 1 2 139 1 7 748 Chen Jiau huaThe New Power Party fielded 40 candidates for city and county councils across Taiwan in the local elections of November 2018 Sixteen NPP candidates for local office won 21 The party nominated candidates for mayor and magisterial posts for the first time prior to the 2022 local elections 22 See also editPan Blue Coalition Pan Green Coalition Pan Purple Coalition List of political parties in Taiwan Politics of the Republic of China Formosa AllianceNotes edit a b Lim and Hung left the NPP in 2019 due to disagreement with the central party leadership over cooperation with the Democratic Progressive Party The NPP revoked Kawlo s membership after a conflict of interest scandal surfaced Jang replaced Kawlo s seat References edit a b c New Power Party Platform Chinese a b 대만 청년정당 시대역량 을 만나다 Meet Taiwan s youth party the New Power Party in Korean OhmyNews 2 January 2018 Retrieved 2 March 2020 시대역량이 민진당에 끊임없이 진보적인 목소리를 불어넣으려고 노력하는 이유이다 특히 시대역량은 노동 복지 경제 문제에 집중하고 있다 The NPP is trying to infuse a constantly progressive voice into the DPP In particular the NPP is focusing on labor welfare and economic issues 청년정치 도전 시대역량 대만선거서 돌풍 The New Power Party which challenges youth politics is creating a sensation in Taiwan s elections in Korean 주간경향 Weekly Kyunghyang 2 February 2016 Retrieved 18 December 2020 Lansford Tom ed 19 March 2019 Political Handbook of the World Vol 1 2018 2019 ed CQ Press p 321 ISBN 978 1 5443 2713 6 ISSN 0193 175X Carin Holroyd ed 2020 Introducing East Asia History Politics Economy and Society Routledge ISBN 9781317409922 New Power Party announces leadership structure Taipei Times www taipeitimes com 14 September 2015 Retrieved 2016 04 06 Taiwan s newest politicians include a rock star and an aboriginal activist Civic groups voice support for third force Taipei Times www taipeitimes com 8 January 2016 Retrieved 2016 01 09 沒有符合條件的頁面 Retrieved 2016 04 06 permanent dead link Read Graeme April 11 2019 Sharp Power Youth Power and the New Politics in Taiwan In Golley Jane Jaivin Linda Farrelly Paul J Strange Sharon eds The China Story Yearbook Power PDF ANU Press pp 179 182 doi 10 22459 CSY 2019 ISBN 978 1 760 46280 2 a b Laskai Lorand 2015 11 19 Taiwan s Newest Political Party Was Co Founded by a Tattooed Rockstar Foreign Policy Retrieved 2016 01 06 New Power Party established hoping to recruit 100 000 supporters focustaiwan tw 25 January 2015 Retrieved 2016 04 06 a b NPP legislator in west Taiwan county quits party over differences with former chairman Taiwan News 24 August 2020 Retrieved 2020 08 25 a b Hsu Yung ming quits NPP over corruption scandal Focus Taiwan focustaiwan tw in Chinese 6 August 2020 Retrieved 2020 08 25 a b NPP suspends chairman over probe Taipei Times www taipeitimes com 2020 08 03 Retrieved 2020 08 28 Shan Shelley 5 November 2020 NPP s Kao Yu ting outlines reasons for her resignation Taipei Times Retrieved 5 November 2020 Gerber Abraham 10 November 2015 NPP set to nominate fewer at large legislative candidates than expected Taipei Times Retrieved 28 August 2019 Gerber Abraham 21 November 2015 New Power Party finalizes candidate order Taipei Times Retrieved 28 August 2019 黃揚明 28 February 2019 小燈泡媽委任律師陳孟秀 任時代力量祕書長 in Chinese Mirror Media Archived from the original on 1 March 2019 Retrieved 28 August 2019 Alt URL 吳佩芸任時力秘書長 徐永明喊拚8席不分區 Taiwan People News in Chinese 30 August 2019 Retrieved 10 September 2019 Cheng Chi feng Liu Chien pang Shih Hsiu chuan 25 November 2018 Smaller parties make ground in city county councils Central News Agency Retrieved 25 November 2018 Teng Pei ju 15 June 2022 NPP nominates candidates for Keelung mayor Pingtung magistrate races Central News Agency Retrieved 22 June 2022 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to New Power Party New Power Party on Facebook in Chinese Official website In Traditional Chinese Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title New Power Party amp oldid 1175743773, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
