Taiwan’s Prime Minister, Su Tseng Chang, has resigned from his post on Thursday, a maneuver he already carried out at the end of November after his party’s defeat in the local elections and which at that time the island’s President, Tsai Ing Wen, did not accept.
Su has launched a publication on his official profile on the social network Twitter where he acknowledges that having served as head of government for the past four years is «the greatest honor» of his life and also points to the resignation of his cabinet as a whole.
«Once again I ask the president, Tsai Ing Wen, (to accept) my resignation as prime minister, and to appoint a new cabinet as soon as possible,» said Su, who has guaranteed that he will not prevent the cabinet reshuffle.
Su’s resignation comes after the defeat of his party, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), in the last local elections, where the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang), the main opposition party, took control of the capital, Taipei.
This new resignation of Su also comes after the Legislative Yuan (unicameral Parliament) approved the General Budget bill, as reported by the news portal Taiwan News.
Likewise, the island has on the horizon presidential and parliamentary elections, scheduled for April 2024, which although they seem to be far away on the horizon, may mark the next steps to be taken at political level within the government, even more so seeing the advance of the opposition.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
