Nuclear Power Debate: Legislator calls for cross-party proposal via Taipei Times

Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) Legislator Ting Shou-chung (丁守中) yesterday called for support from the opposition and anti-nuclear groups to sponsor a proposal for a referendum on the controversial Fourth Nuclear Power Plant.

Amid growing concerns over the safety of the near-complete plant, the government decided late last month that KMT lawmakers have to initiate a referendum to ask the public whether they support halting the construction.

The KMT has not yet decided on the referendum question, while it also remains unclear under whose name the proposal will be submitted to the legislature.

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