The Free Taiwan Party ( zh, t=自由台灣黨) is a pro-independence

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Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

. It was founded by Pan-Green activist Tsay Ting-kuei on 17 April 2015, and was registered as a political party on 1 May 2015. The party's main claim is that, in accordance with the

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and the

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, Taiwan has the right to

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and recognition as an independent state if the inhabitants of the island so choose. On January 12, 2023, the

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(MOI) announced that the Free Taiwan Party had failed to recommend candidates to run for public office for four consecutive years in accordance with the law, and the MOI has revoked the registration of the Free Taiwan Party as a party under the .

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