TAIPEI — On June 27, a roll-call vote on the first ever motion to impeach a President in the Republic of China's political history was held in the Legislative Yuan (Taiwan's legislature) in Taipei. With 89 votes from the Nationalist Party (or Kuomintang), all 23 votes from the People First Party, 1 vote from independent legislator Li Ao, and 6 votes from the non-partisan Solidarity Union, there were a total of 119 affirmative votes. It failed to muster the required two-thirds majority and the recall motion didn't pass.
President of the Legislative Yuan Wang Jin-Pyng notified that 133 legislators voted in the morning and 88 abstained. Among them, there were 119 affirmative votes, 0 dissenting votes, and 14 invalid votes causing the impeachment motion to fail.
The Legislative Yuan currently has 221 legislators. Among them, 86 are from the Democratic Progressive Party, 12 are from the Taiwan Solidarity Union, 89 are from KMT, 23 are from the People First Party, 8 are from the non-Partisan Solidarity Union, and there are 3 independent legislators Li Ao, Lin Wuei-chou, and Lin Chin-hsin.
Based on the Legislators' Exercise of Power, after being reviewed in the house, a roll-call vote is to be held for a recall motion in the Legislative Yuan. If at this point it gets two-thirds majority support the recall motion will pass and a reply will be sent to the nominated person. The recall motion was reviewed by the legislature on June 21-26, and was put to a roll-call vote on the 27th.
 KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou (rear middle) went to the Legislative Yuan in the morning to cheer on the legislators. (Central News Agency)
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 Chairman of the Democratic Progressive Party Yu Shyi-kun (middle) and party legislators call out to the supporting crowd on the Chingtao East Road outside the Legislative Yuan building, in support for the anti-recall motion and to safeguard the government of their homeland. (Central News Agency)
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 Many Pan-Green supporters gathered on the Chingtao East Road outside the Legislative Yuan to support the anti-recall motion. (Central News Agency)
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 Crowd supporting the recall motion gathered on Chi-Nan Road. In a scene reminiscent of World Cup football fans, they wave red recall signs. (Central News Agency)
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