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2. Counties/cities shall have appropriate councils and governments and the magistrates/mayors and
councilors of a county/city shall be elected by their residents in accordance with the relevant laws
to serve four-year terms.
3. Townships/cities shall have township/city councils and offices. The mayor and councilors of a town-
ship/city shall be elected by the residents of the township/city in accordance with relevant laws to
serve four-year terms.
4. Districts in special municipalities and cities shall have district offices as branches with chief admin-
istrators, who shall be appointed by the mayor in accordance with the law, except for chiefs of in-
digenous districts.
5. Townships/cities and districts are allocated into villages. Every village shall have a village chief,
who shall be popularly elected for four-year terms.
The Regulations Governing the Organization of Local Legislative Body amended and promulgat-
ed in 2018 regulate the meeting transparency of the local legislative body. Since 2020, whenever local
councils convene open meetings, the process and relevant information regarding the meetings should
be disclosed appropriately before, during, and after the meetings to improve the meeting transparency
of the local legislative body and ensure the right to be informed of the local people.
III. Political Parties
In a modern democratic system, party politics plays a very important role. Not only is it a necessary
consequence of democratic politics, but also the essential criteria that promote the development of dem-
ocratic politics and guarantee its success. Likewise, many countries have established certain guidelines re-
garding the organization and activities of political parties to encourage the sound development of dem-
ocratic politics. Since Marshall Law was lifted on July 15, 1987, in the ROC (Taiwan), political parties have
been allowed to be established liberally. In 1989, the MOI, amending the Civil Associations Act, added
regulations on political parties for their registration and counseling, establishing a legal foundation for the
political party system.
On December 6, 2017, the Political Parties Act was implemented to level the playing field of po-
litical parties and to ensure that they operate with democratic principles. The basic spirit of the Po-
litical Parties Act is to respect the self-discipline and autonomy of political parties. At the same time,
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