Under the Presidential and Vice Presidential Election and Recall Act (總統副總統選舉罷免法), an independent candidate must obtain at least 280,000 signatures to qualify for the next presidential election. Pressing Lee for a yes-or-no answer, Ma cut Lee off and accused him of not paying attention. Su chimed in, saying that Ma had not paid attention to Lee. Su was addressing the allegation — saying that he had earlier in the day told KMT Legislator Chiang Nai-hsin (蔣乃辛) that Chiang’s question deserved attention — when Ma, who had told Su to stop talking, suddenly slammed her hand on the podium. Before Ma started on another issue, Su said that the rules were not designed by the DPP, as they had been in place, unchanged, since 1995.

Source: Taipei Times October 08, 2019 15:56 UTC