Taiwanese voters will be asked to decide on four divisive issues in a referendum scheduled for mid-December. One of the referendum questions concerns restarting the long-delayed construction of the Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant. With one month to go until voters head to the polls, both the ruling Democratic Progressive Party and the opposition KMT are gearing up for a bitter campaign.
A host of lawmakers descends on the site of the mothballed Fourth Nuclear Power Plant. Some seem to be terrified by what they see.
After the visit, DPP legislators presented four reasons for their opposition to restarting construction of the plant. Those are: proximity to a geological fault line, the age of the unfinished structure, possible shortages of components, and design flaws.
The DPP has been vocal in its opposition to the project, urging voters to reject it in an upcoming referendum. They say even entrepreneurs who supported the project in the past are starting to privately switch sides. The KMT, meanwhile, supports restarting construction of the plant. Both sides invoke concern about future economic development to bolster their arguments for and against the project.
Both parties are mobilizing members and reopening channels of communication with voters, which were temporarily shut due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The two sides seem to be digging in for an all-out campaign leading up to the referendum on December 18.