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In 2025, Taiwan is witnessing an unprecedented wave of citizen-led recall campaigns targeting lawmakers—mostly from the opposition Kuomintang. Branded the “mass recall” movement, it raises a question: is this an of civic outrage, or a political power play? To unpack this political upheaval, we speak with Nathan Batto, political scientist and author of the Frozen Garlic blog.

8:10 How does the Sunflower Movement connect to today’s recall wave?
12:02 What sparked this recall push? Perspectives from both sides
18:45 Is the movement truly grassroots—or party-driven?
21:50 Why hasn’t the KMT been able to mobilize effectively?
30:55 Is mass recall the only option for breaking political deadlock?
34:01 How might the results affect Taiwan’s geopolitical position?

Host: Kwangyin Liu, Senior Managing Editor of CommonWealth Magazine
Guest: Nathan Batto, Associate Research Fellow at Academia Sinica,

＊Read CommonWealth's explainer on the mass recall and its implications：https://english.cw.com.tw
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Producers: Yayuan Chang, Weiru Wang

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