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CALD and LI conduct joint election mission; celebrate DPP victory

The Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats (CALD) and Liberal International (LI) conducted a joint election mission in Taiwan, celebrating the Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) historic third consecutive term win in the presidential elections. Mardi Seng, CALD chairperson, commended Taiwan as a model for those aspiring to a democratic future.

Seng led the delegation together with Prof. Karl-Heinz Paque, deputy president of LI and chairperson of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom (FNF). “Taiwan is a beacon of democracy in the world”, he said, while also commending the “highly professional, actively working liberal party in Taiwan” – the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).

The DPP made history in the recently concluded elections by winning a third consecutive term in the presidential elections – an unprecedented feat since Taiwan transitioned to a democracy with competitive elections. After the results became known, CALD and LI released a joint statement commending the historic election result for the DPP.  The joint CALD-LI delegation also met with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, where issues of disinformation, artificial intelligence, trade agreements, and democratic progress were discussed.

With the victory of DPP in Taiwan, liberals and democrats are off to a good start in a year where more than half of the world’s population are going to the polls.

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Sky Chatuchinda is the Regional Communication Officer for the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.