Editing Chen Shui-bian (section)

===Recall motion===
{{See also|Million Voices Against Corruption, President Chen Must Go}}
In mid-June 2007, opposition pan-blue camp lawmakers initiated a recall motion that would allow the voters to remove Chen from power via a public referendum. On 20 June, Chen addressed the nation by television, denying any involvement of the first family or himself (other than his son-in-law) in any of the alleged scandals, or "directly" accepting the department's gift certificates.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2006-06-21 |title=Taiwan debate on ousting leader |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5100926.stm |access-date=2025-05-27 |language=en-GB}}</ref> The motion was not passed. Of 221 lawmakers in the legislature, all 119 pan-blue and independent legislators voted in favor of the measure, 29 votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to pass the motion. Pan-Green legislators from the president's own party, the [[Democratic Progressive Party|DPP]], refused to receive ballots. [[Pan-Green]] legislators from the allied [[Taiwan Solidarity Union|TSU]] cast abstaining ballots. No legislator voted against the recall motion.

After Wu was indicted, the Pan-Blue parties renewed calls to recall Chen, and TSU at first indicated that it would support the recall this time, but then said it would only support the new recall motion if "concrete evidence concerning corruption is presented".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-11-07 |title=TSU reverses stand on new recall vote - Taipei Times |url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2006/11/07/2003335170 |access-date=2025-05-27 |website=www.taipeitimes.com}}</ref>

[[Image:Taiwan's demonstrators1.JPG|thumb|right|200px|The "Besiege the Presidential Office" demonstration on 10 October 2006]]
On 1 September 2006, political activist [[Shih Ming-te]] launched an [[Anti-Chen Campaign|anti-corruption campaign]]. The movement accused Chen of corruption and asked for his resignation. By 7 September, more than one million signatures were collected, each with a donation of NT$100 (approximately US$3.00).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5323466.stm|last=Gluck|first=Caroline|title=Protests against Chen gain ground|work=BBC News|date=7 September 2006|access-date=9 September 2006|archive-date=7 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307014748/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5323466.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> On 9 September, tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the streets of [[Taiwan]], wearing red. According to organisers, around 200,000 to 300,000 people joined the protest outside the presidential offices, but the police used aerial photography [[crowd counting]] techniques to put the number at about 90,000.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5329816.stm|title=Taiwan leader faces mass protest|work=BBC News|date=9 September 2006|access-date=9 September 2006|archive-date=9 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309190932/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5329816.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Shih Ming-teh confirmed that most of his supporters are from the [[pan-Blue coalition]] in a September interview in ''[[The New York Times]]''.