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

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northe ...

. It was founded by

Pan-Green The pan-Green coalition, pan-Green force or pan-Green groups is a nationalist political coalition in Taiwan (Republic of China), consisting of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Taiwan Statebuilding Party (TSP), Taiwan Solidarity Union ( ...

engineer and activist

Tsay Ting-kuei Tsay Ting-kuei (; born 24 March 1949) is a Taiwanese civil engineering professor, political activist, and former government official. A professor at National Taiwan University in Taipei, he has conducted research in areas including coastal engi ...

on 17 April 2015 and 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.

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