Kawlo Iyun Pacidal
MLY
高潞·以用·巴魕剌
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office
1 February 2016 – 2 September 2019
Succeeded byJang Show-ling
ConstituencyRepublic of China
Personal details
Born (1977-04-09) 9 April 1977 (age 47)
Taipei, Taiwan
Political partyTaiwan Renewal Party (since 2019)
Other political
affiliations		New Power Party (2015–2019)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionTV presenter

Kawlo Iyun Pacidal (Chinese: 高潞·以用·巴魕剌; pinyin: Gāolù Yǐyòng Bājǐlá; born 9 April 1977 in Taipei, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese politician and former TV presenter. In January 2016 she was elected to serve in the Legislative Yuan as an at-large legislator on the party list of the New Power Party. Kawlo is a member of the Amis tribe of Taiwan's indigenous people and the cousin of singer Ilid Kaolo.

Political career

Kawlo was a founding member of the Amis Defense Alliance, an organisation dedicated to opposing excessive construction on Taiwan's east coast.[1] Kawlo's first electoral experience was in standing for the Hualien County Council as an independent in 2014. She was a candidate in the 6th electoral district (which includes Fenglin, Shoufeng, Guangfu, Fengbin, and Wanrong), and fell 223 votes short of winning a seat.[2]

In 2015 Kawlo joined the newly created New Power Party (NPP) and was subsequently placed first on their party list for the 2016 Legislative Yuan election.[3][4] As the NPP polled 6.1% of the vote in the party list ballot,[5] she was duly elected as one of the NPP's two at-large legislators. Kawlo's political positions include pushing for recognition of the independence of Aboriginal tribes and acknowledgment of sovereignty over traditional tribal lands, as well as full enforcement of the Indigenous Basic Act.[1][6][7] Upon taking office, Kawlo was assigned to the Education and Culture Committee.[8]

In July 2019, Green Party Taiwan accused Kawlo of securing government subsidies for non-government organizations founded by her former legislative assistant Chen Shih-chang and run by Chen Shih-chang's successor Chen En-tse.[9] Subsequently, the New Power Party voted to suspend Kawlo's membership.[10][11] Kawlo responded to the allegations by dismissing her legislative staff, and commencing an investigation into the case.[12] The New Power Party's decision to revoke Kawlo's membership was upheld by an arbitration committee on 3 September 2019.[13]

Kawlo ran in the 2020 Taiwanese legislative election for a seat in the multimember Lowland Aborigine Constituency on behalf of the Taiwan Renewal Party [zh], but was not elected.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b Gerber, Abraham (31 October 2015). "NPP promises to call for support for Amis candidate". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  2. ^ 03年縣市議員選舉（平原） 候選人得票數 (in Chinese), Central Election Commission
  3. ^ Gerber, Abraham (10 November 2015). "NPP set to nominate fewer at-large legislative candidates than expected". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  4. ^ van der Horst, Linda (12 January 2016). "As Taiwan prepares for election, a third party brings Sunflower Movement's activist issues to the fore". National Post. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  5. ^ Gerber, Abraham (17 January 2016). "New Power Party wins five legislative seats". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  6. ^ Keating, Fiona (16 January 2016). "Taiwan elections: Freddy Lim, lead singer of death metal band Chthonic, running for office". International Business Times. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  7. ^ van der Horst, Linda (6 January 2016). "The Rise of Taiwan's 'Third Force'". The Diplomat. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  8. ^ Gerber, Abraham (23 February 2016). "Rules on committee members selection irk NPP lawmakers". Taipei Times. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
  9. ^ Maxon, Ann (31 July 2019). "NPP hands disciplinary case to Legislative Yuan". Taipei Times. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  10. ^ Chen, Chun-hua; Wang, Cheng-chung; Kao, Evelyn (31 July 2019). "NPP suspends Legislator Kawlo's membership, mulling revocation". Central News Agency. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  11. ^ "NPP suspends lawmaker's membership". Taipei Times. 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  12. ^ Maxon, Ann (9 August 2019). "NPP's Kawlo maintains innocence after suspension". Taipei Times. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  13. ^ Maxon, Ann (4 September 2019). "NPP picks academic to replace Kawlo following arbitration". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
  14. ^ "遭時力開除的高潞．以用 改加入台灣維新登記參選2020". Newtalk (in Chinese). 2019-11-21.

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