The Civil Party is a minor political party

Political party

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 in Taiwan

Taiwan

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. It has no representation in the Legislative Yuan

Legislative Yuan

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, but won one seat in the National Assembly election of 2005

ROC National Assembly election, 2005

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. In the 2008 legislative election

Republic of China legislative election, 2008

The 7th Legislative elections were held on January 12, 2008 in the Republic of China . The results gave the Kuomintang and the Pan-Blue Coalition a supermajority in the legislature, handing a heavy defeat to then-President Chen Shui-bian's Democratic Progressive Party, which won the remaining 27...

 it had the following policies in its manifesto

Manifesto

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: establishing a Zhonghua Minzu

Zhonghua minzu

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 Taiwan Grand Republic (中華民族台灣大公國), being a federation of seven or ten small constituent republics ; developing nuclear weapons

Republic of China and weapons of mass destruction

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; releasing all prisoners except those convicted of grave offences; legalization of euthanasia

Euthanasia

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 and prostitution

Prostitution

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External links

• Civil Party official website