For Public Good Party Explained

For Public Good Party
Native Name Lang:zh-tw
Chairperson:Chen Po-kuang
Headquarters:21 Chang'an East Road Section 1, Taipei
Seats1 Title:Legislative Yuan
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Seats2 Title:Municipal mayors
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Seats3 Title:Magistrates/mayors
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Seats4 Title:Councilors
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Seats5 Title:Township/city mayors
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Country:Taiwan

For Public Good Party, or For All Mankind Equality Party, is a Chinese nationalist right-wing political party in Taiwan (Republic of China). Advocating Chinese unification, the party was elected to local council and as township mayors.

History

For Public Good Party and other parties, including China Zhi Gong Party which was part of the ruling United Front in China, originated from "Chee Kung Tong", an organisation under Hongmen.[1] The party was founded on 18 December 2000 and was registered on 21 April 2002,[2] with Wang Jui-sheng as founding chairperson. The Chinese name of the party originally carried "Chinese Taiwan", and was only amended to "Chinese nation" in 2017,[3] two years after Chen Po-kuang take over.

"For Public Good", "For All Mankind Equality", "Zhi Gong", and "Chee Kung" all refer to the Chinese word "Chinese: 致公", with the latter two are the transliteration. "Chinese: 致公" is believed to be from "Chinese: '''致'''和欲事,'''公'''義同謀。", meaning "committed to golden mean for justice".

The party supports the unification of Taiwan and China, and is relatively active in the interaction with Chinese political parties.

In December 2023, the former deputy chairman of the party and others were arrested on suspicion on contravening the Anti-Infiltration Act for receiving money from China to fabricate political opinion polling.[4]

Leaders

Below is the list of chairpersons of For Public Good Party:

  1. Wang Jui-sheng (王瑞陞) (2000–2015)
  2. Chen Po-kuang (陳柏光) (2015–)

Electoral performances

The party first ran in 2018 local election, winning in Taoyuan and Kinmen.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 中華民族致公黨黨章. 2022-02-03. party.moi.gov.tw. 2022-02-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20220203140956/https://party.moi.gov.tw/politics/party!downloadMgr.action?id=ff808081735bafdc0173797af79000c2. live.
  2. Web site: 政黨資訊網. 2022-02-03. party.moi.gov.tw. zh-Hant-TW. 2022-02-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20220203140954/https://party.moi.gov.tw/politics/party!detail.action?id=98. live.
  3. Web site: 中國台灣致公黨舉行黨慶 正式更名"中華民族致公黨" . 2021-11-21 . . 2021-11-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211121070532/http://tw.people.com.cn/BIG5/n1/2017/1216/c14657-29711227.html . live .
  4. News: December 24, 2023 . Man held for allegedly faking election surveys . . December 25, 2023 . December 24, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231224205416/https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2023/12/24/2003811071 . live .
  5. Web site: 中华民族致公党喜迎当选席次 – 中国侨声网. 2021-11-21. 2018-11-15. zh-CN. 2021-11-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20211121072046/https://thevoiceofchinese.com/%E6%9C%80%E6%96%B0%E6%96%B0%E9%97%BB/%E4%B8%AD%E5%8D%8E%E6%B0%91%E6%97%8F%E8%87%B4%E5%85%AC%E5%85%9A%E5%96%9C%E8%BF%8E%E5%BD%93%E9%80%89%E5%B8%AD%E6%AC%A1/. live.